Proverbs 5
5
1My son, attend unto my wisdom;
Incline thine ear to my understanding:
2That thou mayest preserve discretion,
And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:
4But her latter end is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold on Sheol;
6So that she findeth not the level path of life:
Her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.
7Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And depart not from the words of my mouth.
8Remove thy way far from her,
And come not nigh the door of her house:
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others,
And thy years unto the cruel:
10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength;
And thy labours be in the house of an alien;
11And thou mourn at thy latter end,
When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12And say, How have I hated instruction,
And my heart despised reproof;
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14I was well nigh in all evil
In the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.
16Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,
And rivers of water in the streets?
17Let them be for thyself alone,
And not for strangers with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed;
And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;
And be thou ravished always with her love.
20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
And he maketh level all his paths.
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked,
And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23He shall die for lack of instruction;
And in the greatness of his folly he shall 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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