Proverbs 5 My son , attend unto my wisdom , and bow thine ear to my understanding:

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1 H1121 My son H7181 , attend [H8685] H2451 unto my wisdom H5186 , and bow [H8685] H241 thine ear H8394 to my understanding:

2 H8104 That thou mayest regard [H8800] H4209 discretion H8193 , and that thy lips H5341 may keep [H8799] H1847 knowledge.

3 H8193 For the lips H2114 of a strange woman [H8801] H5197 drop [H8799] H5317 as an honeycomb H2441 , and her mouth H2509 is smoother H8081 than oil:

4 H319 But her end H4751 is bitter H3939 as wormwood H2299 , sharp H6310 as a twoedged H2719 sword.

5 H7272 Her feet H3381 go down [H8802] H4194 to death H6806 ; her steps H8551 take hold [H8799] H7585 on hell.

6 H6424 Lest thou shouldest ponder [H8762] H734 the path H2416 of life H4570 , her ways H5128 are moveable [H8804] H3045 , that thou canst not know [H8799] them .

7 H8085 Hear [H8798] H1121 me now therefore, O ye children H5493 , and depart [H8799] H561 not from the words H6310 of my mouth.

8 H7368 Remove H1870 thy way H7368 far [H8685] H7126 from her, and come not nigh [H8799] H6607 the door H1004 of her house:

9 H5414 Lest thou give [H8799] H1935 thine honour H312 unto others H8141 , and thy years H394 unto the cruel:

10 H2114 Lest strangers [H8801] H7646 be filled [H8799] H3581 with thy wealth H6089 ; and thy labours H1004 be in the house H5237 of a stranger;

11 H5098 And thou mourn [H8804] H319 at the last H1320 , when thy flesh H7607 and thy body H3615 are consumed [H8800] ,

12 H559 And say [H8804] H8130 , How have I hated [H8804] H4148 instruction H3820 , and my heart H5006 despised [H8804] H8433 reproof;

13 H8085 And have not obeyed [H8804] H6963 the voice H3384 of my teachers [H8688] H5186 , nor inclined [H8689] H241 mine ear H3925 to them that instructed [H8764] me!

14 H4592 I was almost H7451 in all evil H8432 in the midst H6951 of the congregation H5712 and assembly.

15 H8354 Drink [H8798] H4325 waters H953 out of thine own cistern H5140 , and running waters [H8802] H8432 out of H875 thine own well.

16 H4599 Let thy fountains H6327 be dispersed [H8799] H2351 abroad H6388 , and rivers H4325 of waters H7339 in the streets.

17 H2114 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers [H8801] ' with thee.

18 H4726 Let thy fountain H1288 be blessed [H8803] H8055 : and rejoice [H8798] H802 with the wife H5271 of thy youth.

19 H158 Let her be as the loving H365 hind H2580 and pleasant H3280 roe H1717 ; let her breasts H7301 satisfy [H8762] H6256 thee at all times H7686 ; and be thou ravished [H8799] H8548 always H160 with her love.

20 H1121 And why wilt thou, my son H7686 , be ravished [H8799] H2114 with a strange woman [H8801] H2263 , and embrace [H8762] H2436 the bosom H5237 of a stranger?

21 H1870 For the ways H376 of man H5227 are before H5869 the eyes H3068 of the LORD H6424 , and he pondereth [H8764] H4570 all his goings.

22 H5771 His own iniquities H3920 shall take [H8799] H7563 the wicked H8551 himself, and he shall be holden [H8735] H2256 with the cords H2403 of his sins.

23 H4191 He shall die [H8799] H4148 without instruction H7230 ; and in the greatness H200 of his folly H7686 he shall go astray [H8799] .

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding: ² That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. ³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil: ⁴ But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. ⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol; ⁶ So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable [and] she knoweth [it] not. ⁷ Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. ⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: ⁹ Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: ¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours [be] in the house of an alien; ¹¹ And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; ¹³ Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ¹⁴ I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. ¹⁶ Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets? ¹⁷ Let them be for thyself alone, and not for strangers with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹ [As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. ²⁰ For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? ²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he maketh level all his paths. ²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. ²³ He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.