Proverbs 5

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