Proverbs Chapter 5 Back Next{5:1} My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
{5:2} that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
{5:3} For the lips of an adulteress drip
honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
{5:4} But in the end she is as
bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
{5:5} Her feet go down to
death. Her steps lead straight to
Sheol.
{5:6} She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
{5:7} Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
{5:8} Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
{5:9} lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
{5:10} lest strangers
feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
{5:11} You will groan at your latter end, when your
flesh and your body are consumed,
{5:12} and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my
heart despised reproof;
{5:13} neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
{5:14} I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."
{5:15}
Drink water out of your own
cistern, running water out of your own well.
{5:16} Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
{5:17} Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
{5:18} Let your spring be
blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
{5:19} A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
{5:20} For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the
bosom of another?
{5:21} For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
{5:22} The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The
cords of his sin hold him firmly.
{5:23} He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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