Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: References [2]
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. References [1]
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: References [1]
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. References [1]
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. References [1]
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. References [1]
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. References [1]
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. References [4]
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. References [3]
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? References [1]
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. References [1]
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.