Proverbs 5
5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Turn your ear to my understanding,
2 that you may maintain discretion,
that your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
Her mouth is smoother than oil,
4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead straight to Sheol.#5:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.
6 She gives no thought to the way of life.
Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.
Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her.
Don’t come near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honour to others,
and your years to the cruel one;
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth,
and your labours enrich another man’s house.
11 You will groan at your latter end,
when your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 and say, “How I have hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof.
13 I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
amongst the gathered assembly.”
15 Drink water out of your own cistern,
running water out of your own well.
16Should your springs overflow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be for yourself alone,
not for strangers with you.
18 Let your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer—
let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
Be captivated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another?
21 For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes.
He examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
23 He will die for lack of instruction.
In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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Proverbs 5
5
Warning Against Adultery
1 # ch. 4:20; [ch. 2:1, 2] My son, be attentive to my wisdom;
# ch. 22:17 incline your ear to my understanding,
2that you may keep #ch. 1:4 discretion,
and your lips may #Mal. 2:7guard knowledge.
3For the lips of #See ch. 2:16 a forbidden#5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20 woman drip honey,
and her speech#5:3 Hebrew palate is #Ps. 55:21smoother than oil,
4but in the end she is #[Eccles. 7:26] bitter as #Deut. 29:18; Jer. 9:15; Lam. 3:15, 19; Rev. 8:11 wormwood,
#
Ps. 57:4; [Ps. 55:21] sharp as #See Ps. 149:6a two-edged sword.
5Her feet #See ch. 7:27go down to death;
her steps follow the path to#5:5 Hebrew lay hold of Sheol;
6she #ver. 21; ch. 4:26does not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7And #See ch. 4:1now, O 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,
9lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
10lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your #Ps. 127:2labors go to the house of a foreigner,
11and at the end of your life you #Ezek. 24:23groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12and you say, #ch. 1:22, 29; See ch. 12:1 “How I hated discipline,
and my heart #ch. 1:25; See Ps. 107:11despised reproof!
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 # [Ps. 94:17] I am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”
15Drink #ver. 18; [ch. 9:17; Song 4:12, 15; Jer. 2:13]water from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16Should your #See Ps. 68:26 springs be scattered abroad,
streams of water #[Jer. 9:21; Zech. 8:5]in the streets?
17 # [ch. 14:10] Let them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18Let your #[See ver. 15 above] fountain be blessed,
and #Deut. 24:5 rejoice in #Mal. 2:14the wife of your youth,
19a lovely #Song 2:9, 17; 8:14 deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts #[Jer. 31:14]fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated#5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20 always in her love.
20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with #See ch. 2:16a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of #See ch. 2:16an adulteress?#5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman
21For #Ps. 119:168 a man’s ways are #Hos. 7:2; Heb. 4:13; See Job 14:16; Ps. 11:4 before the eyes of the Lord,
and he #ver. 6ponders#5:21 Or makes level all his paths.
22The #See Ps. 7:15, 16 iniquities of the wicked #ch. 6:2ensnare him,
and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23 # See Job 4:21 He dies for lack of discipline,
and because of his great folly he is #[Job 12:24]led astray.
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