Proverbs 5

1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.

7 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

14 I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

19  As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 5

Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil

1 My child,t be attentive to my wisdom,
pay close attentiont to my understanding,

2 in order to safeguardt discretion,s
and that your lips may guard knowledge.

3 For the lipss of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her seductive wordst are smoother than olive oil,

4 but in the ends she is bitters as wormwood,t
sharp as a two-edgeds sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.ts

6 Lestt she should make level the path leading to life,t
her paths are unstables but she does not know it.s

7 So now, children,t listen to me;
do not turn aside from the words I speak.t

8 Keep yourselft fars from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your vigorss to others
and your years to a cruel person,

10 lest strangers devourt your strength,t
and your labort benefitt another man’s house.

11 And at the end of your lifet you will groants
when your flesh and your body are wasted away.t

12 And you will say, “How I hated discipline!
My heart spurned reproof!

13 Fort I did not obey my teacherst
and I did not heeds my instructors.t

14 I almostt came to complete ruint
in the midst of the whole congregation!”t

15 Drink water from your own cistern
and running water from your own well.s

16 Should your springs be dispersedt outside,
your streams of water in the wide plazas?

17 Let them be for yourselft alone,
and not for strangers with you.s

18 May your fountain be blessed,s
and may you rejoicet in your young wifet –

19 a loving doe,ts a graceful deer;
may her breasts satisfy you at all times,
may you be captivateds by her love always.

20 But why should you be captivated,t my son, by an adulteress,
and embrace the bosom of a different woman?t

21 For the ways of a persont are in front of the Lord’s eyes,
and the Lordt weighst all that person’st paths.

22 The wickedt will be captured by hist own iniquities,t
and he will be helds by the cords of his own sin.t

23 He will die becauset there was no discipline;
because of the greatness of his follys he will reel.s