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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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/proverbs/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Warning Against Adultery</p><div class="stanza"><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">turn your ear to my words of insight,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that you may maintain discretion</p><p class="line2">and your lips may preserve knowledge.</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 the adulterous woman drip honey,</p><p class="line2">and her speech 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 bitter as gall,</p><p class="line2">sharp 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.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>She gives no thought to the way of life;</p><p class="line2">her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now then, my sons, listen to me;</p><p class="line2">do not turn aside from what I say.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep to a path far from her,</p><p class="line2">do not 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>lest you lose your honor to others</p><p class="line2">and your dignity <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or years">a</a></sup></span> to one who is cruel,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>lest strangers feast on your wealth</p><p class="line2">and your toil enrich the house of another.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>At the end of your life you will groan,</p><p class="line2">when your flesh and body are spent.</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">How my heart spurned correction!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I would not obey my teachers</p><p class="line2">or turn my ear to my instructors.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I was soon in serious trouble</p><p class="line2">in the assembly of God’s people.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><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 cistern,</p><p class="line2">running water from your own well.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Should your springs overflow in the streets,</p><p class="line2">your streams of water in the public squares?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let them be yours alone,</p><p class="line2">never to be shared with strangers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May your fountain be blessed,</p><p class="line2">and may you 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>A loving doe, a graceful deer—</p><p class="line2">may her breasts satisfy you always,</p><p class="line2">may you ever be intoxicated with her love.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?</p><p class="line2">Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For your ways are in full view of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">and he examines all your paths.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;</p><p class="line2">the cords of their sins hold them fast.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For lack of discipline they will die,</p><p class="line2">led astray by their own great folly.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or 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