Proverbios 5

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 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. ⁵ Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; ⁶ __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 5:6 Or, Lest thou find the level etc. Or, Lest thou weigh carefully the path of life __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ So that she findeth not the level path of life: and __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 5:6 Or, thou canst not know them __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ 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 honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; ¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, 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 assembly and congregation. ¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. ¹⁶ __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 5:16 Or, Let __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams 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; 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 foreigner? ²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; 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.