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Proverbs 5
5:1

My son,1121 attend7181 unto my wisdom,2451 and bow5186 thine ear241 to my understanding:8394

5:2

That thou mayest regard8104 discretion,4209 and that thy lips8193 may keep5341 knowledge.1847

5:3

For the lips8193 of a strange woman2114 drop5197 as an honeycomb,5317 and her mouth2441 is smoother2509 than oil:8081

5:4

But her end319 is bitter4751 as wormwood,3939 sharp2299 as a twoedged6310 sword.2719

5:5

Her feet7272 go down3381 to death;4194 her steps6806 take hold8551 on the grave.7585

5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder6424 the path734 of life,2416 her ways4570 are moveable,5128 that thou canst not know3045 them.

5:7

Hear8085 me now therefore, O ye children,1121 and depart5493 not from the words561 of my mouth.6310

5:8

Remove thy way1870 far7368 from her, and come not nigh7126 the door6607 of her house:1004

5:9

Lest thou give5414 thine honour1935 unto others,312 and thy years8141 unto the cruel:394

5:10

Lest strangers2114 be filled7646 with thy wealth;3581 and thy labours6089 be in the house1004 of a stranger;5237

5:11

And thou mourn5098 at the last,319 when thy flesh1320 and thy body7607 are consumed,3615

5:12

And say,559 How have I hated8130 instruction,4148 and my heart3820 despised5006 reproof;8433

5:13

And have not obeyed8085 the voice6963 of my teachers,3384 nor inclined5186 mine ear241 to them that instructed3925 me!

5:14

I was almost4592 in all evil7451 in the midst8432 of the congregation6951 and assembly.5712

5:15

Drink8354 waters4325 out of thine own cistern,953 and running waters5140 out of8432 thine own well.875

5:16

Let thy fountains4599 be dispersed6327 abroad,2351 and rivers6388 of waters4325 in the streets.7339

5:17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'2114 with thee.

5:18

Let thy fountain4726 be blessed:1288 and rejoice8055 with the wife802 of thy youth.5271

5:19

Let her be as the loving158 hind365 and pleasant2580 roe;3280 let her breasts1717 satisfy7301 thee at all times;6256 and be thou ravished7686 always8548 with her love.160

5:20

And why wilt thou, my son,1121 be ravished7686 with a strange woman,2114 and embrace2263 the bosom2436 of a stranger?5237

5:21

For the ways1870 of man376 are before5227 the eyes5869 of Yahweh,3068 and he pondereth6424 all his goings.4570

5:22

His own iniquities5771 shall take3920 the wicked7563 himself, and he shall be holden8551 with the cords2256 of his sins.2403

5:23

He shall die4191 without instruction;4148 and in the greatness7230 of his folly200 he shall go astray.7686