Proverbs 5
5
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; 2that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. 3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, 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 take hold on Sheol. 6Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither. 7And now, children, 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 wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger; 11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; 12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! 13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those 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. 16Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. 17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. 19As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. 20And 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 Jehovah, and he pondereth 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 want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Proverbs 5
5
A Warning Against Committing Adultery
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Listen carefully to my wise sayings.
2Then you will continue to have good sense.
Your lips will keep on speaking words of knowledge.
3A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey.
What she says is smoother than olive oil.
4But in the end she is like bitter poison.
She cuts like a sword that has two edges.
5Her feet go down to death.
Her steps lead straight to the grave.
6She doesn’t give any thought to her way of life.
Her paths have no direction, but she doesn’t realize it.
7My sons, listen to me.
Don’t turn away from what I say.
8Stay on a path far away from that evil woman.
Don’t even go near the door of her house.
9If you do, you will lose your honor to other people.
You will give your self-respect to someone who is mean.
10Strangers will use up all your wealth.
Your hard work will make someone else rich.
11At the end of your life you will groan.
Your skin and your body will be worn out.
12You will say, “How I hated to take advice!
How my heart refused to be corrected!
13I would not obey my teachers.
I wouldn’t listen to those who taught me.
14I was soon in deep trouble.
It happened right in front of the whole assembly of God’s people.”
15Drink water from your own well.
Drink running water from your own spring.
16Should your springs pour out into the streets?
Should your streams of water pour out in public places?
17No! Let them belong to you alone.
Never share them with strangers.
18May your fountain be blessed.
May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.
19She is like a loving doe, a graceful deer.
May her breasts always satisfy you.
May you always be captured by her love.
20My son, why be captured by another man’s wife?
Why hug a woman who has gone astray?
21The Lord watches your ways.
He studies all your paths.
22Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts.
They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.
23They will die because they refused to be corrected.
Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish.
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