1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; DBY — Proverbs 5:1
2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. DBY — Proverbs 5:2
3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; DBY — Proverbs 5:3
4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. DBY — Proverbs 5:4
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol. DBY — Proverbs 5:5
6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither]. DBY — Proverbs 5:6
7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. DBY — Proverbs 5:7
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: DBY — Proverbs 5:8
9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; DBY — Proverbs 5:9
10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger; DBY — Proverbs 5:10
11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; DBY — Proverbs 5:11
12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! DBY — Proverbs 5:12
13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; DBY — Proverbs 5:13
14 I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. DBY — Proverbs 5:14
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. DBY — Proverbs 5:15
16 Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. DBY — Proverbs 5:16
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. DBY — Proverbs 5:17
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. DBY — Proverbs 5:18
19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. DBY — Proverbs 5:19
20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? DBY — Proverbs 5:20
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. DBY — Proverbs 5:21
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. DBY — Proverbs 5:22
23 He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. DBY — Proverbs 5:23