Proverbs 5 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 5

My son,

pay attention

to my wisdom;

incline

your ear

to my understanding,

that you may maintain

discretion

and your lips

may preserve

knowledge.

Though

the lips

of the forbidden woman

drip

honey

and her speech

is smoother

than oil,

her end

is bitter

as wormwood,

sharp

as a double-edged

sword.

Her feet

go down

to death;

her steps

lead straight

to Sheol.

She does not

consider

the path

of life;

she does not

know that

her ways

are unstable.

So now,

my sons,

listen to me,

and do not

turn aside

from the words

of my mouth.

Keep your path

far

from her;

do not

go near

the door

of her house,

lest

you concede

your vigor

to others,

and your years

to one who is cruel,

lest

strangers

feast

on your wealth,

and your labors

enrich the house

of a foreigner.

At the end of your life

you will groan

when your flesh

and your body

are spent,

and you will say,

“How

I hated

discipline,

and my heart

despised

reproof!

I did not

listen

to the voice

of my teachers

or

incline

my ear

to my mentors.

I am

on the brink

of utter

ruin

in the midst

of the whole assembly.”

Drink

water

from your own cistern,

and running water

out of

your own well.

Why should your springs

flow

in the streets,

your streams

of water

in the public squares?

Let them be

yours

alone,

never

to be shared

with strangers.

May your fountain

be

blessed,

and may you rejoice

in the wife

of your youth:

A loving

doe,

a graceful

fawn—

may her breasts

satisfy you

always;

may you be captivated

by her love

forever.

Why

be captivated,

my son,

by an adulteress,

or embrace

the bosom

of a stranger?

For

a man’s

ways

are before

the eyes

of the LORD,

and the Lord watches

all

his paths.

The iniquities

of a wicked man

entrap him;

the cords

of his own sin

entangle him.

He

will die

for lack

of discipline,

led astray

by his own great

folly.

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