Proverbs 5
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Proverbs 5
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Pitfalls of Immorality
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1. My son, give attention to my wisdom,
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Incline your ear to my understanding;
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2. That you may observe discretion,
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And your lips may reserve knowledge.
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<b>3. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey,</b>
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<b> And smoother than oil is her speech;</b>
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<b> 4. But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,</b>
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<b> Sharp as a two-edged sword.</b>
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<b> 5. Her feet go down to death,</b>
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<b> Her steps lay hold of Sheol.</b>
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<b> 6. She does not ponder the path of life;</b>
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<b> Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.</b>
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7. Now then, my sons, listen to me,
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And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
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8. Keep your way far from her,
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And do not go near the door of her house,
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9. Lest you give your vigor to others,
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And your years to the cruel one;
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10. Lest strangers be filled with your strength,
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And your hard-earned goods go to the house of an alien;
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11. And you groan at your latter end,
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When your flesh and your body are consumed;
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12. And you say, "How I have hated instruction!
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And my heart spurned reproof!
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13. "And I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
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Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
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14. "I was almost in utter ruin
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In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
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15. Drink water from your own cistern,
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And fresh water from your own well.
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16. Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
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Streams of water in the streets?
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17. Let them be yours alone,
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And not for strangers with you.
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18. Let your fountain be blessed,
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And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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<b> 19. As a loving hind and a graceful doe,</b>
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<b> Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;</b>
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<b> Be exhilarated always with her love.</b>
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20. For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress,
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And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
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21. For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,
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And He watches all his paths.
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22. His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
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And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
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23. He will die for lack of instruction,
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And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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