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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 5 ERV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Proverbs 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/4.htm" title="Proverbs 4">◄</a> Proverbs 5 <a href="../proverbs/6.htm" title="Proverbs 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Avoid Immorality<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../leviticus/20.htm#10">Leviticus 20:10-21</a>; <a href="../1_corinthians/5.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1-8</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he maketh level all his paths.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/proverbs/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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