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