Proverbs 5
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Prov 5:1
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My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
Prov 5:2
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That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
Prov 5:3
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For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
Prov 5:4
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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Prov 5:5
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Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Prov 5:6
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She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know {it.}
Prov 5:7
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Now then, {my} sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Prov 5:8
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Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
Prov 5:9
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Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
Prov 5:10
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And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods {will go} to the house of an alien;
Prov 5:11
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And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Prov 5:12
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And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
Prov 5:13
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"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
Prov 5:14
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"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
Prov 5:15
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Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
Prov 5:16
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Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
Prov 5:17
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Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
Prov 5:18
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Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Prov 5:19
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{As} a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
Prov 5:20
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For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Prov 5:21
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For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.
Prov 5:22
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His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Prov 5:23
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He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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