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Proverbs 5:1-14

1My sonH1121, 1giveH7181 attentionH7181 to my wisdomH2451, 2InclineH5186 your earH241 to my understandingH8394;2That you may 3observeH8104 discretionH4209 And your 4lipsH8193 may reserveH5341 knowledgeH1847.3For the lipsH8193 of an 56adulteressH2114 7dripH5197 honeyH5317 And 8smootherH2509 thanH4480 oilH8081 is her 9speechH2441;4But in the endH319 she is 10bitterH4751 as wormwoodH3939, 11SharpH2299 as a two-edgedH6310 swordH2719.5Her feetH7272 12goH3381 downH3381 to deathH4194, Her stepsH6806 takeH8551 holdH8551 of SheolH7585.613She does not ponderH6424 the 14pathH734 of lifeH2425; Her waysH4570 are 15unstableH5128, she 16does not knowH3045 it.

717NowH6258 then, my sonsH1121, listenH8085 to me And 18do not departH5493 from the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.819KeepH7368 your wayH1870 farH7368 from her And do not goH7126 nearH7126 the 20doorH6607 of her houseH1004,9OrH6435 you will giveH5414 your vigorH1935 to othersH312 And your yearsH8141 to the cruelH394 oneH394;10And strangersH2114 will be filledH7646 with your strengthH3581 And your hard-earnedH6089 goodsH6089 will go to the houseH1004 of an alienH5237;11And you groanH5098 at your 21finalH319 endH319, When your fleshH1320 and your bodyH7607 are consumedH3615;12And you sayH559, “HowH349 I have 22hatedH8130 instructionH4148! And my heartH3820 23spurnedH5006 reproofH8433!13I have not listenedH8085 to the voiceH6963 of my 24teachersH4175, NorH3808 inclinedH5186 my earH241 to my instructorsH3925!14I was almostH4592 in utterH3605 ruinH7451 In the midstH8432 of the assemblyH6951 and congregationH5712.”

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Notes

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

Commentaries on Proverbs 5

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