ABP - Proverbs - 5

5:1  O son, [2to my 3wisdom 1take heed], [5to my 1and 6words 2set aside 3your 4ear]!

5:2  that you should guard [2insight 1good]. And perception of my lips I give charge to you. Give no heed to a vile woman!

5:3  For honey drops from the lips [2woman 1of a harlot], which for a time fattens your throat.

5:4  Afterwards however [2more bitter 3than bile 1you shall find it], and being more sharpened rather than [2sword 1a double-edged].

5:5  For [3of folly 1the 2feet] lead [4down 1the ones 2dealing with 3her 7with 8death 5unto 6Hades]; and her tracks are not established;

5:6  [4the ways 1for 5of life 2she does not 3come by]; [3are slippery 1but 2her tracks], and not well-known.

5:7  Now then, O son, hear me! and you should not [2void works 1do] of my words.

5:8  [4far 1Make 5from 6her 2your 3way]! You should not approach to doors of her houses;

5:9  that you should not let [2go 3to others 1your means of life], and your livelihood to the unmerciful;

5:10  that [2should not 3be filled with 1strangers] your strength, and your toils [2into 3houses 4of strangers 1should enter];

5:11  and you shall be repenting at last when ever [2wears away 1the flesh] from your body.

5:12  And you shall say, O how I detested instruction, and [3reproofs 2turned aside 1my heart]!

5:13  I did not hear the voice of one correcting me and teaching me; nor did I set aside my ear.

5:14  By little I came unto every evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation.

5:15  O son, drink waters from your own receptacles, and [2from 3your own 4wells 1the flow]!

5:16  Let [3overflow 4to you 1the 2waters] from out of your own spring; and into your own squares let [3go along 1your 2waters]!

5:17  Let it be [2to you 3alone 1existing], and let not a stranger partake with you!

5:18  The spring of your water -- let it be to you in particular! and be glad with the wife of your youth!

5:19  Let your hind of friendship, and [2filly 1your] of favors, consort with you! and in particular let her be esteemed by you, and be with you at all time! For in this friendship [2accommodated 3a great deal 1you will be].

5:20  [2not 3much 1Be] with the strange woman, nor hold [4in embraces 1the one 2not 3your own]!

5:21  [5before 1For 4are 6the 8of God 7eyes 2the ways 3of a man], [3unto 1and 4all 5his tracks 2he watches].

5:22  Unlawful deeds [2a man 1ensnare]; [4chains 1and 5of ones own 6sins 2each 3is grasped by].

5:23  This man comes to an end with the uninstructed; and from the abundance of his own sustenance was cast forth, and perished through folly.