Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Wealth

Bible References

Strangers

Proverbs 6:35

He will not accept any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment];
Nor will he be satisfied though you offer him many gifts (bribes).
Hosea 7:9

Strangers have devoured his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know.
Luke 15:30
but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’

Wealth

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your [generative] strength to women [neither foreign wives in marriages of alliances, nor concubines],
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.