Proverbs
5
- My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen
well to my words of insight,
- that you may maintain discretion and your
lips may preserve knowledge.
- For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
- but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp
as a double-edged sword.
- Her feet go down to death; her steps lead
straight to the grave.
- She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
- Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not
turn aside from what I say.
- Keep to a path far from her, do not go near
the door of her house,
- lest you give your best strength to others
and your years to one who is cruel,
- lest strangers feast on your wealth and
your toil enrich another man's house.
- At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
- You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction !
- I would not obey my teachers or listen to
my instructors.
- I have come to the brink of utter ruin in
the midst of the whole assembly."
- Drink water from your own cistern, running
water from your own well.
- Should your springs overflow 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 deer--may her breasts
satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
- Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress?
Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife ?
- For a man's ways are in full view of the
LORD, and he examines all his paths.
- The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the cords of his sin hold him fast.
- He will die for lack of discipline, led
astray by his own great folly.
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