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Proverbs 5

¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

²That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.

³For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

⁴But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.

⁵Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

⁶She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn`t know it.

⁷Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don`t depart from the words of my mouth.

⁸Remove your way far from her. Don`t come near the door of her house,

⁹Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man`s house.

¹¹You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

¹²And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

¹³Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

¹⁴I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."

¹⁵Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.

¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?

¹⁷Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.

¹⁸Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

¹⁹A loving hind and a pleasant doe -- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

²⁰For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

²¹For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

²²The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

²³He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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