Proverbs 5
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Holman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible 1995
1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding 1My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
2so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge. 2That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil, 3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
4in the end she's as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword. 4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol. 5Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6She doesn't consider the path of life; she doesn't know that her ways are unstable. 6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words of my mouth. 7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her. Don't go near the door of her house. 8Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others and your years to someone cruel; 9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
10strangers will drain your resources, and your earnings will end up in a foreigner's house. 10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, 11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12and you will say, "How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. 12And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
13I didn't obey my teachers or listen closely to my mentors. 13"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community." 14"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
15Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well. 15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
16Should your springs flow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? 16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers. 17Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
18Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth. 18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn-- let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever. 19As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
20Why, my son, would you be infatuated with a forbidden woman or embrace the breast of a stranger? 20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21For a man's ways are before the LORD's eyes, and He considers all his paths. 21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.
22A wicked man's iniquities entrap him; he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin. 22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity. 23He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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