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Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding,

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Proverbs 5:2

So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.

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Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;

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Proverbs 5:4

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.

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Proverbs 5:6

She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.

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Proverbs 5:7

Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,

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Proverbs 5:9

Otherwise you will give your vigor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

Proverbs 5:10

And strangers will be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;

Proverbs 5:11

And you will groan in the end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

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Proverbs 5:12

And you say, "How I hated instruction! And my heart disdainfully rejected rebuke!

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Proverbs 5:13

-"I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, Nor incline my ear to my instructors!

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Proverbs 5:14

-"I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.

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Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs overflow into the street, Streams of water in the public squares?

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Proverbs 5:17

Let them be yours alone, And not for strangers with you.

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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Proverbs 5:19

Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.

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Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner?

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Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of everyone are before the eyes of the LORD, And He observes all his paths.

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Proverbs 5:22

His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.

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Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.

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