Proverbs 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995Christian Standard Bible
1My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding
2That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.2so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-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 take hold of Sheol.5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol.
6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.6She doesn't consider the path of life; she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.
7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.7So now, sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words from my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,8Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house.
9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel;
10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;10strangers will drain your resources, and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner's house.
11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed,
12And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.
13"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!13I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely to my instructors.
14"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community."
15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well.
16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?16Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares?
17Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.17They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers.
18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.18Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.
19As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.19A loving deer, a graceful doe--let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever.
20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?20Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman?
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.21For a man's ways are before the LORD's eyes, and he considers all his paths.
22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.22A wicked man's iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
23He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.
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