Proverbs 5
5
Pitfalls of Immorality
1My son, give attention to my wisdom,
Incline your ear to my understanding;
2That you may observe discretion
And your lips may reserve knowledge.
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6She does not ponder the path of life;
Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
7Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,
9Or you will give your vigor to others
And your years to the cruel one;
10And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
11And you groan at your final end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12And you say, “How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof!
13I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
14I was almost in utter ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
15Drink water from your own cistern
And fresh water from your own well.
16Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?
17Let them be yours alone
And not for strangers with you.
18Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.
20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He watches all his paths.
22His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23He will die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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Proverbs 5
5
Avoid Adultery
1My son,
pay attention to my wisdom.
Open your ears to my understanding
2so that you may act with foresight
and speak with insight.
3The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey.
Her kiss is smoother than oil,
4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet descend to death.
Her steps lead straight to hell.
6She doesn’t even think about the path of life.
Her steps wander, and she doesn’t realize it.
7But now, sons,
listen to me,
and do not turn away from what I say to you.
8Stay far away from her.
Do not even go near her door.
9Either you will surrender your reputation to others
and ⌞the rest of⌟ your years to some cruel person,
10or strangers will benefit from your strength
and you will have to work hard in a pagan’s house.
11Then you will groan when your end comes,
when your body and flesh are consumed.
You will say,
12“Oh, how I hated discipline!
How my heart despised correction!
13I didn’t listen to what my teachers said to me,
nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors.
14I almost reached total ruin
in the assembly and in the congregation.”
15Drink water out of your own cistern
and running water from your own well.
16Why should water flow out of your spring?
Why should your streams flow into the streets?
17They should be yours alone,
so do not share them with strangers.
18Let your own fountain be blessed,
and enjoy the girl you married when you were young,
19a loving doe and a graceful deer.#5:19 Or “graceful goat.”
Always let her breasts satisfy you.
Always be intoxicated with her love.
20Why should you, my son,
be intoxicated with an adulterous woman
and fondle a loose woman’s breast?
21Each person’s ways are clearly seen by the Lord,
and he surveys all his actions.
22A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs,
and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.
23He will die for his lack of discipline
and stumble around because of his great stupidity.
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