Proverbs 5
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1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.2so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, 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 lead straight to Sheol.5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.
6She does not consider the path of life; she does not 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, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.7So now, my sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,8Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house.
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.10strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner's house.
11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,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 my heart despised reproof!12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.13I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors.
14I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community."
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.
16Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?16Should your springs flow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
17Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.17They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:18Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.19A loving doe, a graceful fawn-- let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?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 eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.21For a man's ways are before the LORD's eyes, and He considers all his paths.
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.22A wicked man's iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.
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