Proverbs Chapter 5
1 Pay attention to my wisdom, son;
listen to what I understand
2so you can use discretion
and express knowledge.
3An immoral woman’s lips drip honey;
her speech is more soothing than oil;
4but in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood,
as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead to Sheol.
6She doesn’t ponder the path of life;
she wanders without realizing it.
Prov 5:1-6
7 Listen to me, sons;
don’t turn aside from what I’m telling you.
8 Stay away from her;
don’t go near her house,
9so you won’t be giving your vigor to others
and your years to someone cruel;
10so a stranger won’t be filled with your strength
and the fruit of your act go to an alien;
11and you groan at the end of life
because you’ve misused your body;
12and you say, “How I hated instruction!
my heart despised being corrected!
13I didn’t listen to my teachers,
or pay attention to my instructors!
14I’ve come to the point of total ruin
and have to face public disgrace.”
Prov 5:7-14
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
fresh water from your own well.
16Should your spring be spilled
like water running down the street?
17Let it be for yours alone,
not for a stranger too.
Prov 5:15-17
18Let your fountain be blessed;
be happy with the wife of your youth.
19Like a lovely deer, a graceful doe,
be satisfied with her breasts;
be stimulated by her love.
20Son, why be stimulated by an immoral woman?
why embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 The LORD watches everyone
to see which direction they’re going.
22 Their own iniquities capture the wicked;
they get caught in the web of their own sins.
23 They die from ignorance
and get lost over foolishness.
Prov 5:18-23