Proverbs 5

1 ♥ 📝 M y son,^H1121 attend^H7181 unto my wisdom;^H2451 Incline^H5186 thine ear^H241 to my understanding:^H8394

2 ♥ 📝 That thou mayest preserve^H8104 discretion,^H4209 And that thy lips^H8193 may keep^H5341 knowledge.^H1847

3 ♥ 📝 For the lips^H8193 of a strange woman^H2114 drop^H5197 honey,^H5317 And her mouth^H2441 is smoother^H2509 than oil:^H8081

4 ♥ 📝 But in the end^H319 she is bitter^H4751 as wormwood,^H3939 Sharp^H2299 as a two-edged^H6310 sword.^H2719

5 ♥ 📝 Her feet^H7272 go down^H3381 to death;^H4194 Her steps^H6806 take hold^H8551 on Sheol;^H7585

6 ♥ 📝 So that she findeth^H6424 not the level path^H734 of life:^H2416 Her ways^H4570 are unstable,^H5128 [and] she knoweth^H3045 [it] not.

7 ♥ 📝 Now therefore, [my] sons,^H1121 hearken^H8085 unto me, And depart^H5493 not from the words^H561 of my mouth.^H6310

8 ♥ 📝 Remove^H7368 thy way^H1870 far^H7368 from her, And come not nigh^H7126 the door^H6607 of her house;^H1004

9 ♥ 📝 Lest thou give^H5414 thine honor^H1935 unto others,^H312 And thy years^H8141 unto the cruel;^H394

10 ♥ 📝 Lest strangers^H2114 be filled^H7646 with thy strength,^H3581 And thy labors^H6089 [be] in the house^H1004 of an alien,^H5237

11 ♥ 📝 And thou mourn^H5098 at thy latter^H319 end, When thy flesh^H1320 and thy body^H1320 are consumed,^H3615

12 ♥ 📝 And say,^H559 How have I hated^H8130 instruction,^H4148 And my heart^H3820 despised^H5006 reproof;^H8433

13 ♥ 📝 Neither have I obeyed^H8085 the voice^H6963 of my teachers,^H3384 Nor inclined^H5186 mine ear^H241 to them that instructed^H3925 me!

14 ♥ 📝 I was well-nigh^H4592 in all evil^H7451 In the midst^H8432 of the assembly^H6951 and congregation.^H6951

15 ♥ 📝 Drink^H8354 waters^H4325 out of thine own cistern,^H953 And running waters^H5140 out of^H8432 thine own well.^H875

16 ♥ 📝 Should thy springs^H4599 be dispersed^H6327 abroad,^H2351 And streams^H6388 of water^H4325 in the streets?^H7339

17 ♥ 📝 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers^H2114 with thee.

18 ♥ 📝 Let thy fountain^H4726 be blessed;^H1288 And rejoice^H8055 in the wife^H802 of thy youth.^H5271

19 ♥ 📝 [ As] a loving^H158 hind^H365 and a pleasant^H2580 doe,^H365 Let her breasts^H1717 satisfy^H7301 thee at all times;^H6256 And be thou ravished^H7686 always^H8548 with her love.^H160

20 ♥ 📝 For why shouldest thou, my son,^H1121 be ravished^H7686 with a strange woman,^H2114 And embrace^H2263 the bosom^H2436 of a foreigner?^H5237

21 ♥ 📝 For the ways^H1870 of man^H376 are before^H5227 the eyes^H5869 of Jehovah;^H3068 And he maketh level^H6424 all his paths.^H4570

22 ♥ 📝 His own iniquities^H5771 shall take^H3920 the wicked,^H7563 And he shall be holden^H8551 with the cords^H2256 of his sin.^H2403

23 ♥ 📝 He shall die^H4191 for lack of instruction;^H4148 And in the greatness^H7230 of his folly^H200 he shall go astray.^H7686