Proverbs 5:9

Lest thou give thine honour unto others,.... To strumpets, their children, attendants, servants, and friends; that is, either wealth or riches, which make men honourable; or their three, credit, and…

Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness of thy youth” (compare Hos 14:6; Dan 10:8). The thought of this is to guard the young man against the sins that stain and mar it. The slave of lust…

Here we have,

I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Pro 5:1, Pro 5:2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an…

others instead of to thine own, Pro 5:5; Pro 5:5. Comp. Pro 5:5 .

the cruel The Heb. noun is masc. sing. and is intended perhaps vividly to describe the sin with its cruel consequences (Pro 6:26; Pro…