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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Avoid Immoral Women</p><p class="line1"><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="line2">listen carefully to my wise counsel.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then you will show discernment,</p><p class="line2">and your lips will express what you’ve learned.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,</p><p class="line2">and her mouth is smoother than oil.</p><p class="line1"> <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 poison,</p><p class="line2">as dangerous as a double-edged sword.</p><p class="line1"> <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="line2">her steps lead straight to the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For she cares nothing about the path to life.</p><p class="line2">She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So now, my sons, listen to me.</p><p class="line2">Never stray from what I am about to say:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Stay away from her!</p><p class="line2">Don’t go near the door of her house!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If you do, you will lose your honor</p><p class="line2">and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Strangers will consume your wealth,</p><p class="line2">and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In the end you will groan in anguish</p><p class="line2">when disease consumes your body.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You will say, “How I hated discipline!</p><p class="line2">If only I had not ignored all the warnings!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?</p><p class="line2">Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have come to the brink of utter ruin,</p><p class="line2">and now I must face public disgrace.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Drink water from your own well—</p><p class="line2">share your love only with your wife.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,</p><p class="line2">having sex with just anyone?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You should reserve it for yourselves.</p><p class="line2">Never share it with strangers.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.</p><p class="line2">Rejoice in the wife of your youth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.</p><p class="line2">Let her breasts satisfy you always.</p><p class="line2">May you always be captivated by her love.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,</p><p class="line2">or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,</p><p class="line2">examining every path he takes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>An evil man is held captive by his own sins;</p><p class="line2">they are ropes that catch and hold him.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He will die for lack of self-control;</p><p class="line2">he will be lost because of his great foolishness.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to Sheol.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Drink water from your own cistern, / flowing water from your own well.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Why spill your springs in the streets, / your streams in the city squares?</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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