Proverbs 5

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

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