Proverbs 5:9-12
8-9. Avoid the slightest temptation. 10. wealth--literally, "strength," or the result of it. labours--the fruit of thy painful exertions (Psa 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22). 11. at the last--the end, or reward (compare Pr 5:4). mourn--roar in pain. flesh and ... body--the whole person under incurable disease. 12-14. The ruined sinner vainly laments his neglect of warning and his sad fate in being brought to public disgrace.
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