Barnes' Notes on Proverbs 5:10

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Strangers - The whole gang of those into whose hands the slave of lust yields himself. The words are significant as showing that the older punishment of death Deuteronomy 22:21; Ezekiel 16:38; John 8:5 was not always inflicted, and that the detected adulterer was exposed rather to indefinite extortion. Besides loss of purity and peace, the sin, in all its forms, brings poverty. return to 'Top of Page'

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