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to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.</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 smoother than oil [is] her mouth,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And hast said, ‘How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.</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, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to 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 because of the wife of thy youth,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<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="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>