1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding: RV1885 — Proverbs 5:1
2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:2
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil: RV1885 — Proverbs 5:3
4 But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:4
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol; RV1885 — Proverbs 5:5
6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:6
7 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:7
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: RV1885 — Proverbs 5:8
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: RV1885 — Proverbs 5:9
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien; RV1885 — Proverbs 5:10
11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, RV1885 — Proverbs 5:11
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; RV1885 — Proverbs 5:12
13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! RV1885 — Proverbs 5:13
14 I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:14
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:15
16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets? RV1885 — Proverbs 5:16
17 Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:17
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth. RV1885 — 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. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:19
20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? RV1885 — Proverbs 5:20
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he maketh level all his paths. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:21
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:22
23 He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. RV1885 — Proverbs 5:23