1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: ASV — Proverbs 5:1
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. ASV — Proverbs 5:2
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: ASV — Proverbs 5:3
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. ASV — Proverbs 5:4
5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; ASV — Proverbs 5:5
6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. ASV — Proverbs 5:6
7 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. ASV — Proverbs 5:7
8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; ASV — Proverbs 5:8
9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; ASV — Proverbs 5:9
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, ASV — Proverbs 5:10
11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ASV — Proverbs 5:11
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; ASV — Proverbs 5:12
13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ASV — Proverbs 5:13
14 I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. ASV — Proverbs 5:14
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. ASV — Proverbs 5:15
16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? ASV — Proverbs 5:16
17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. ASV — Proverbs 5:17
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. ASV — Proverbs 5:18
19 [As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. ASV — Proverbs 5:19
20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? ASV — Proverbs 5:20
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. ASV — Proverbs 5:21
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. ASV — Proverbs 5:22
23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. ASV — Proverbs 5:23