GodsWord - Proverbs - 5

5:1  My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Open your ears to my understanding

5:2  so that you may act with foresight and speak with insight.

5:3  The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,

5:4  but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword.

5:5  Her feet descend to death. Her steps lead straight to hell.

5:6  She doesn't even think about the path of life. Her steps wander, and she doesn't realize it.

5:7  But now, sons, listen to me, and do not turn away from what I say to you.

5:8  Stay far away from her. Do not even go near her door.

5:9  Either you will surrender your reputation to others and the rest of your years to some cruel person,

5:10  or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan's house.

5:11  Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say,

5:12  "Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction!

5:13  I didn't listen to what my teachers said to me, nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors.

5:14  I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation."

5:15  Drink water out of your own cistern and running water from your own well.

5:16  Why should water flow out of your spring? Why should your streams flow into the streets?

5:17  They should be yours alone, so do not share them with strangers.

5:18  Let your own fountain be blessed, and enjoy the girl you married when you were young,

5:19  a loving doe and a graceful deer. Always let her breasts satisfy you. Always be intoxicated with her love.

5:20  Why should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast?

5:21  Each person's ways are clearly seen by the LORD, and he surveys all his actions.

5:22  A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.

5:23  He will die for his lack of discipline and stumble around because of his great stupidity.