ASV_Strong : Proverbs 5
1. My 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 it not[H3045].
7. Now therefore[H1121], my sons, hearken[H8085] unto me[H5493], And depart not from the words[H561] of my mouth[H6310].
8. Remove[H7368] thy way[H1870] far[H7368] from her[H7126], And come not nigh 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[H1320], When thy flesh 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 me[H3925]!
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[H2114], And not for strangers 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[H1121], my son, 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].
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