Thematic Bible
Proverbs 5:1 (show verse)
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
Proverbs 5:2 (show verse)
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3 (show verse)
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 5:4 (show verse)
but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:5 (show verse)
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
Proverbs 5:6 (show verse)
Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.
Proverbs 5:7 (show verse)
And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:8 (show verse)
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 5:9 (show verse)
lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
Proverbs 5:10 (show verse)
lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;
Proverbs 5:11 (show verse)
and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Proverbs 5:12 (show verse)
and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
Proverbs 5:13 (show verse)
and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
Proverbs 5:14 (show verse)
I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Proverbs 5:15 (show verse)
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:16 (show verse)
Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
Proverbs 5:17 (show verse)
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Proverbs 5:18 (show verse)
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 5:19 (show verse)
As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
Proverbs 5:20 (show verse)
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs 5:21 (show verse)
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
Proverbs 5:22 (show verse)
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 5:23 (show verse)
He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.