Proverbs 5
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Proverbs 5
1¶ My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my intelligence;
2that thou may keep council and that thy lips may conserve knowledge.
3For the lips of the strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil,
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death, her steps uphold Sheol,
6lest thou should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable; thou shalt not know them.
7Hear me now therefore, O ye sons, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
9lest thou give thine honour unto others and thy years unto the cruel,
10lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger,
11and thou mourn at the last when thy flesh and thy body are consumed
12and say, How have I hated chastening and my heart despised reproof
13and have not obeyed the voice of those who chastened me, nor inclined my ear to those that instructed me!
14I have been in almost every kind of evil, in the midst of society and of the congregation.
15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern and running waters out of thine own well.
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of thy waters in the streets.
17Let them be only thine own and not for strangers with thee.
18Thy fountain shall be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love, without eyes for anyone else.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a woman belonging to someone else, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he weighs all his goings.
22His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die because he did not submit to chastening; and due to the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Proverbs 5
5
Warning Against Adultery
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
2that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
6She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
7Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
8Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
9lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity#5:9 Or years to one who is cruel,
10lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.
11At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12You will say, “How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
13I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14And I was soon in serious trouble
in the assembly of God’s people.”
15Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19A loving doe, a graceful deer—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
21For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.
22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
the cords of their sins hold them fast.
23For lack of discipline they will die,
led astray by their own great folly.
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