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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Proverbs 5 ISV</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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/proverbs/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Warning against Sexual Immorality</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, pay attention to my wisdom,</p> <p class="poetry2">and listen closely to my insight,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>so you may carefully practice<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Lit. guard">a</a></span> discretion</p> <p class="poetry2">and your lips preserve knowledge.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,</p> <p class="poetry2">and her speech<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:3 Lit. palate">b</a></span> is smoother than oil.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:4 Wormwood is a plant with an extremely bitter taste.">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and as sharp as a double-edged sword.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her feet go down to death;</p> <p class="poetry2">her steps lead to Sheol.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 i.e. the realm of the dead">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You aren’t thinking about<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 Or She does not consider">e</a></span> where her life is headed;</p> <p class="poetry2">her steps wander, but you do not realize<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 Or she does not realize">f</a></span> it.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now, children,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 Or sons">g</a></span> listen to me.</p> <p class="poetry2">Don’t turn away from what I am saying.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 Lit. from the words of my mouth">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Lit. Keep your path">i</a></span> far away from her,</p> <p class="poetry2">and don’t go near the entrance to her house,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>so that you don’t give your honor to others,</p> <p class="poetry2">and waste your best years;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Lit. and your years to the cruel">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>so that strangers don’t enrich themselves at your expense,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Lit. don’t satisfy themselves with your strength">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and your work won’t end up the possession of foreigners.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Lit. won’t go into a foreigner’s house">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You will cry out in anguish when your end comes,</p> <p class="poetry2">when your flesh and body are consumed,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and you will say, “How I hated instruction,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 Or discipline">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and my heart rejected correction!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I did not obey my teachers</p> <p class="poetry2">and did not listen<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 Lit. incline my ear">n</a></span> to my instructors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now I am at the point of utter disaster</p> <p class="poetry2">in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Lit. in the midst of">o</a></span> the assembly and in the congregation.”</p> <p class="heading">The Delights of Marital Faithfulness</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Drink water from your own cistern,</p> <p class="poetry2">and fresh<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:15 Lit. flowing">p</a></span> water from your own well.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Should your springs flow outside,</p> <p class="poetry2">or streams of water in the street?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They should be for you alone</p> <p class="poetry2">and not for strangers who are with you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let your fountain be blessed</p> <p class="poetry2">and enjoy the wife of your youth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe,</p> <p class="poetry2">let her breasts satisfy you all the time.</p> <p class="poetry2">Be constantly intoxicated by her love.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why should you be intoxicated by an adulteress, my son,</p> <p class="poetry2">and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Indeed, what a man does is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. Indeed, a man’s ways are">q</a></span> always in the LORD’s presence,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Lit. in front of the LORD’s eyes">r</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he weighs all his paths.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The wicked person’s iniquities will capture him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he will be held with the cords of his sin.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He will die for lack of discipline,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he goes astray because of his great folly.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:2 Lit. <i>guard</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:3 Lit. <i>palate</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:04<i>Wormwood</i> is a plant with an extremely bitter taste.<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:5 i.e. the realm of the dead<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:6 Or <i>She does not consider</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:6 Or <i>she does not realize</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:7 Or <i>sons</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:7 Lit. <i>from the words of my mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:8 Lit. <i>Keep your path</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:9 Lit. <i>and your years to the cruel</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:10 Lit. <i>don’t satisfy themselves with your strength</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:10 Lit. <i>won’t go into a foreigner’s house</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:12 Or <i>discipline</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:13 Lit. <i>incline my ear</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:14 Lit. <i>in the midst of</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:15 Lit. <i>flowing</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>Indeed, a man’s ways are</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 5:21 Lit. <i>in front of the LORD’s eyes</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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 width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" 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({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><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({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>