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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Proverbs 5
5
The Wisdom of Avoiding Adultery
1Son, listen to this piece of wisdom from me. Pay attention to what I know to be true. 2Remember to live wisely, and what you learn will keep your lips from saying the wrong thing. 3Now, another man’s wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting. 4But in the end, she will bring only bitterness and pain. It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword. 5She is on a path leading to death, and she will lead you straight to the grave. 6Don’t follow her. She has lost her way and does not even know it. Be careful. Stay on the road that leads to life.
7Now, my sons, listen to me. Don’t forget the words I say. 8Stay away from the woman who commits adultery. Don’t even go near her house. 9If you do, others will get the honor you should have had. Some stranger will get everything you worked years to get. 10People you don’t know will take all your wealth. Others will get what you worked for. 11At the end of your life, you will be sad that you ruined your health and lost everything you had. 12-13Then you will say, “Why didn’t I listen to my parents? Why didn’t I pay attention to my teachers? I didn’t want to be disciplined. I refused to be corrected. 14So now I have suffered through just about every kind of trouble anyone can have, and everyone knows it.”
15Now, about sex and marriage: Drink only the water that comes from your own well, 16and don’t let your water flow out into the streets. 17Keep it for yourself, and don’t share it with strangers. 18Be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young. 19She is like a beautiful deer, a lovely fawn. Let her love satisfy you completely. Stay drunk on her love, 20and don’t go stumbling into the arms of another woman.
21The Lord clearly sees everything you do. He watches where you go. 22The sins of the wicked will trap them. Those sins will be like ropes holding them back. 23Evil people will die because they refuse to be disciplined. They will be trapped by their own desires.
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