The Proverbs (WEB)

5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom.
      Turn your ear to my understanding:

 ^5:2That you may maintain discretion,
      That your lips may preserve knowledge.

 ^5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
      Her mouth is smoother than oil,

 ^5:4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,
      And as sharp as a two-edged sword.

 ^5:5Her feet go down to death.
      Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

 ^5:6She gives no thought to the way of life.
      Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

  ^5:7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.
      Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

 ^5:8Remove your way far from her.
      Don't come near the door of her house,

 ^5:9Lest you give your honor to others,
      And your years to the cruel one;

 ^5:10Lest strangers feast on your wealth,
      And your labors enrich another man's house.

 ^5:11You will groan at your latter end,
      When your flesh and your body are consumed,

 ^5:12And say, "How I have hated instruction,
      And my heart despised reproof;

 ^5:13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,
      Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

 ^5:14I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
      In the midst of the gathered assembly."

  ^5:15Drink water out of your own cistern,
      Running water out of your own well.

 ^5:16Should your springs overflow in the streets,
      Streams of water in the public squares?

 ^5:17Let them be for yourself alone,
      Not for strangers with you.

 ^5:18Let your spring be blessed.
      Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

 ^5:19A loving hind and a pleasant doe --
      Let her breasts satisfy you at all times.
      Be captivated always with her love.

 ^5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?
      Why embrace the bosom of another?

 ^5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh.
      He examines all his paths.

 ^5:22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.
      The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

 ^5:23He will die for lack of instruction.
      In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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