Proverbs 5:1WEB
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
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Proverbs 5:1WEB
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
Proverbs 5:2WEB
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3WEB
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
Proverbs 5:4WEB
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:5WEB
Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Proverbs 5:6WEB
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
Proverbs 5:7WEB
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:8WEB
Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
Proverbs 5:9WEB
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
Proverbs 5:10WEB
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
Proverbs 5:11WEB
You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:12WEB
and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
Proverbs 5:13WEB
I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
Proverbs 5:14WEB
I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
Proverbs 5:15WEB
Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
Proverbs 5:16WEB
Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:17WEB
Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
Proverbs 5:18WEB
Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Proverbs 5:19WEB
A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:20WEB
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
Proverbs 5:21WEB
For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 5:22WEB
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Proverbs 5:23WEB
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.