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Proverbs 5:1

My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;

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Proverbs 5:2

That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.

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Proverbs 5:3

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

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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 depart 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

Or 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 goods will go to the house of an alien;

Proverbs 5:11

And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

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Proverbs 5:12

And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

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Proverbs 5:13

"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

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Proverbs 5:14

"I was almost in utter 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 be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?

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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

As a loving hind and a graceful doe, 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 bosom of a foreigner?

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Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord , And He watches all his paths.

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Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

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Proverbs 5:23

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

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