Proverbs 5
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1My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding, 1My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge. 2That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil, 3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 5Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it. 6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak. 7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, 8Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person, 9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house. 10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away. 11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! 12And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
13For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors. 13"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
14I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!" 14"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. 15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
16Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? 16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 17Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife--18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. 19As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? 20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD's eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person's paths. 21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.
22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. 22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel. 23He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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