Proverbs 5
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1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding
2so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.2so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
4in the end she's as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.4in the end she's as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.
6She doesn't consider the path of life; she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.6She doesn't consider the path of life; she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.
7So now, sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words from my mouth.7So now, my sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house.8Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house.
9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;
10strangers will drain your resources, and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner's house.10strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner's house.
11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed,11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed,
12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.
13I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely to my instructors.13I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors.
14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community."14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community."
15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.
16Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares?16Should your springs flow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
17They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.17They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.
18Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.18Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
19A loving deer, a graceful doe--let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.19A loving doe, a graceful fawn-- let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.
20Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman?20Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger?
21For a man's ways are before the LORD's eyes, and he considers all his paths.21For a man's ways are before the LORD's eyes, and He considers all his paths.
22A wicked man's iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.22A wicked man's iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.
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