New American Standard Bible 1995

Proverbs 5:1-14

1My son, 1give attention to my wisdom, 2Incline your ear to my understanding;2That you may 3observe discretion And your 4lips may reserve knowledge.3For the lips of an 5 6adulteress 7drip honey And 8smoother than oil is her 9speech;4But in the end she is 10bitter as wormwood, 11Sharp as a two-edged sword.5Her feet 12go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.6 13She does not ponder the 14path of life; Her ways are 15unstable, she 16does not know it.

7 17Now then, my sons, listen to me And 18do not depart from the words of my mouth.8 19Keep your way far from her And do not go near the 20door of her house,9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;11And you groan at your 21final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;12And you say, “How I have 22hated instruction! And my heart 23spurned reproof!13I have not listened to the voice of my 24teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!14I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

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Notes

1. Proverbs 5:1 Prov 4:20 ↩
2. Proverbs 5:1 Prov 22:17 ↩
3. Proverbs 5:2 Prov 3:21 ↩
4. Proverbs 5:2 Mal 2:7 ↩
5. Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman ↩
6. Proverbs 5:3 Prov 2:16; 5:20; 7:5; 22:14 ↩
7. Proverbs 5:3 Song 4:11 ↩
8. Proverbs 5:3 Ps 55:21 ↩
9. Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate ↩
10. Proverbs 5:4 Eccl 7:26 ↩
11. Proverbs 5:4 Ps 57:4; Heb 4:12 ↩
12. Proverbs 5:5 Prov 7:27 ↩
13. Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch ↩
14. Proverbs 5:6 Prov 4:26; 5:21 ↩
15. Proverbs 5:6 2 Pet 2:14 ↩
16. Proverbs 5:6 Prov 30:20 ↩
17. Proverbs 5:7 Prov 7:24 ↩
18. Proverbs 5:7 Ps 119:102 ↩
19. Proverbs 5:8 Prov 7:25 ↩
20. Proverbs 5:8 Prov 9:14 ↩
21. Proverbs 5:11 Or latter ↩
22. Proverbs 5:12 Prov 1:7, 22, 29 ↩
23. Proverbs 5:12 Prov 1:25; 12:1 ↩
24. Proverbs 5:13 Prov 1:8 ↩

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