Proverbs 5:9–10

The Evils of Unchastity.

WARNING AGAINST WANTONNESS. — V. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house, v. 9. lest thou give thine honor unto others, for there is not only the exposure of the fornicator to be considered, but also the fact that the harlot and her favorites will succeed in taking the respect of men from their victim, and thy years unto the cruel, the wanton woman and the procurers employed by her, who calmly and cruelly ruin the health of those who are seduced by them and take their riches into the bargain; v. 10. lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, enjoying their fill in consuming the, labor and strength of their victim, and thy labors, what a man has worked for with hard labor, be in the house of a stranger, the harlot being so designated because originally all that plied her trade were foreigners.