Pro 5:8-10 | JFB | STEP | 8, 9. Avoid the slightest temptation.

Proverbs 5:8-10

8, 9. Avoid the slightest temptation.

9. thine honour—in whatever consisting, strength (Pr 3:13) or wealth.

thy years—by cutting them off in dissipation.

unto the cruel—for such the sensual are apt to become.

10. wealth—literally, "strength," or the result of it.

labours—the fruit of thy painful exertions (Ps 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22).