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Proverbs Chapter 5
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1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
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2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
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3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
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4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
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6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
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7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
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9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
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10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
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11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
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12 and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
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13 I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
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14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
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15 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
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16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
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17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
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18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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19 A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
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20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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21 For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
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22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
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23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. |