Proverbs 5
5
Warning About Adultery
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen to my words of understanding.
2Be careful to use good sense,
and watch what you say.
3The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey;
they may be as smooth as olive oil.
4But in the end she will bring you sorrow,
causing you pain like a two-edged sword.
5She is on the way to death;
her steps are headed straight to the grave.
6She gives little thought to life.
She doesn’t even know that her ways are wrong.
7Now, my sons, listen to me,
and don’t ignore what I say.
8Stay away from such a woman.
Don’t even go near the door of her house,
9or you will give your riches to others,
and the best years of your life will be given to someone cruel.
10Strangers will enjoy your wealth,
and what you worked so hard for will go to someone else.
11You will groan at the end of your life
when your health is gone.
12Then you will say, “I hated being told what to do!
I would not listen to correction!
13I would not listen to my teachers
or pay attention to my instructors.
14I came close to being completely ruined
in front of a whole group of people.”
15Be faithful to your own wife,
just as you drink water from your own well.
16Don’t pour your water in the streets;
don’t give your love to just any woman.
17These things are yours alone
and shouldn’t be shared with strangers.
18Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.
She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.
19She is as lovely and graceful as a deer.
Let her love always make you happy;
let her love always hold you captive.
20My son, don’t be held captive by a woman who takes part in adultery.
Don’t fondle a woman who is not your wife.
21The Lord sees everything you do,
and he watches where you go.
22An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways;
the ropes of his sins will tie him up.
23He will die because he does not control himself,
and he will be held captive by his foolishness.
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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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