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<p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>That you may keep discretion <p class="indent2">And that your lips may guard knowledge. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For the lips of a strange woman drip honey <p class="indent2">And smoother than oil is her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>speech; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But her end is bitter as wormwood, <p class="indent2">Sharp as a two-edged sword. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Her feet go down to death, <p class="indent2">Her steps take hold of Sheol, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Lest she watch the path of life; <p class="indent2">Her tracks are unstable, she does not know <i>it</i>. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So now, <i>my</i> sons, listen to me <p class="indent2">And do not turn away from the words of my mouth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep your way far from her <p class="indent2">And do not go near the door of her house, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lest you give your splendor to others <p class="indent2">And your years to the cruel one; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Lest strangers be satisfied by your strength <p class="indent2">And by your painful labor, <i>those</i> in the house of a foreigner; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And you groan at your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>end, <p class="indent2">When your flesh and your body are consumed; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And you say, “How I have hated discipline! <p class="indent2">And my heart spurned reproof! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I have not listened to the voice of my instructors, <p class="indent2">And I have not inclined my ear to my teachers! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I was almost in utter ruin <p class="indent2">In the midst of the assembly and congregation.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Drink water from your own cistern <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>fresh water from your own well. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Should your springs be dispersed abroad, <p class="indent2">Streams of water in the streets? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let them be for you alone, <p class="indent2">And not for strangers with you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let your fountain be blessed, <p class="indent2">And be glad in the wife of your youth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><i>As</i> a loving hind and a graceful doe, <p class="indent2">Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; <p class="indent2">Be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>intoxicated always with her love. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So why should you, my son, be intoxicated with a strange woman <p class="indent2">And embrace the bosom of a foreign woman? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the ways of a man are before the eyes of Yahweh, <p class="indent2">And He watches all his tracks. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>His own iniquities will capture him <i>who is</i> the wicked one, <p class="indent2">And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He will die for lack of discipline, <p class="indent2">And in the abundance of his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>folly he will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>stumble in intoxication.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>palate</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>latter</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>flowing</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>exhilarated</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool<br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>go astray</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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