New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 5:1-14
1My son, 1pay attention to my wisdom, 2Incline your ear to my understanding,2So that you may 3maintain discretion And your 4lips may comply with knowledge.3For the lips of an 56adulteress 7drip honey, And her 8speech is 9smoother than oil;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.613She does not ponder the 14path of life; Her ways are 15unstable, she 16does not know it.
717Now then, my sons, listen to me And 18do not turn away from the words of my mouth.819Keep your way far from her, And do not go near the 20door of her house,9Otherwise 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 possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;11And you will groan 21in 22the end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;12And you say, “How I 23hated instruction! And my heart 24disdainfully rejected rebuke!13I did not listen to the voice of my 25teachers, Nor incline my ear to my instructors!14I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
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 Lit palate ↩
- 9. Proverbs 5:3 Ps 55:21 ↩
- 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 at ↩
- 22. Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end ↩
- 23. Proverbs 5:12 Prov 1:7, 22, 29 ↩
- 24. Proverbs 5:12 Prov 1:25; 12:1 ↩
- 25. Proverbs 5:13 Prov 1:8 ↩
Commentaries on Proverbs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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