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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Proverbs 5
5
Avoid the mysterious woman
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
Bend your ear to what I know,
2so you might remain discreet,
and your lips might guard knowledge.
3The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey,
and her tongue 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 to the grave.#5.5 Heb Sheol
6She doesn’t stay on the way of life.
Her paths wander, but she doesn’t know it.
7Now sons, listen to me,
and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.
8Stay on a path that is far from her;
don’t approach the entrance to her house.
9Otherwise, you will give your strength to others,
your years to a cruel person.
10Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength,
and your hard work will end up in a foreigner’s house.
11You will groan at the end
when your body and flesh are exhausted,
12and you say, “How I hated instruction!
How my heart despised correction!
13I didn’t listen to the voice of my instructor.
I didn’t obey my teacher.
14I’m on the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled community.”
15Drink water from your own cistern,
gushing water from your own well.
16Should your fountains flood outside,
streams of water in the public squares?
17They are yours alone,
not for you as well as strangers.
18May your spring be blessed.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19She is a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts intoxicate you all the time;
always be drunk on her love.
20Why, my son, should you lose your senses with a mysterious woman
and embrace the breasts of a foreign female?
21The LORD’s eyes watch over every person’s path,
observing all their ways.
22The wicked will be caught by their own evil acts,
grabbed by the ropes of their own sin.
23Those without instruction will die,
misled by their own stupidity.
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