Proverbs 5
New International Version - Proverbs 5 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 5:1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, 5:2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; 5:4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 5:6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not. 5:7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say. 5:8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house, 5:9 lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel, 5:10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house. 5:11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent. 5:12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! 5:13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors. 5:14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.' 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. 5:16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? 5:17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. 5:18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 5:19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love. 5:20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife? 5:21 For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord , and he examines all his paths. 5:22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. 5:23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.