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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"><title>Proverbs 5 Lamsa Bible</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="../">Lamsa</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>MY son, attend to my wisdom and incline your ear to my understanding,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>That you may heed counsel and that your lips may keep knowledge.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her words are smoother than oil;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>But the end of her life is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Her feet cause men to go down to death; her steps take her to Sheol.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>She does not tread upon the land of the living, her paths are devious, and are unknown.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Hear me now therefore, O you children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest you give your strength to others, and your years to the cruel;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of strangers;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And you have remorse in your old age, when the flesh of your body is consumed,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And you say, Why did I hate instruction, and my heart despise reproof,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And why have I not obeyed the voice of my teacher, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>I was in almost all kinds of evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Drink water out of your own well, and running water from your own spring.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Let your water overflow into your streets, let it be disbursed abroad.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Let it be for yourself alone, let not strangers be partners with you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice in the wife of your youth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>Let her be like a loving hind, and pleasant mountain roe; learn her ways always, and be mindful of her love.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, be not misled by a strange woman, neither embrace the bosom of a strange woman.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and all his paths lie open in his presence.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>The wicked shall be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be bound with the cords of his sins.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/5-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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