Thematic Bible
Proverbs 5:1 (show verse)
Incline your ear to my understanding;
Proverbs 5:2 (show verse)
That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment),
And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].
Proverbs 5:3 (show verse)
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 5:4 (show verse)
But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:5 (show verse)
Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Proverbs 5:6 (show verse)
So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;
Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.
Proverbs 5:7 (show verse)
Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:8 (show verse)
Let your way [in life] be far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],
Proverbs 5:9 (show verse)
Or you will give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one,
Proverbs 5:10 (show verse)
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
Proverbs 5:11 (show verse)
And you will groan when your life is ending,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Proverbs 5:12 (show verse)
And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,
And my heart despised correction and reproof!
Proverbs 5:13 (show verse)
“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.
Proverbs 5:14 (show verse)
“I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Proverbs 5:15 (show verse)
And fresh running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:16 (show verse)
Should your
As streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:17 (show verse)
[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,
And not the children of strangers with you.
Proverbs 5:18 (show verse)
Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Proverbs 5:19 (show verse)
Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be
Proverbs 5:20 (show verse)
Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman
And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?
Proverbs 5:21 (show verse)
For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].
Proverbs 5:22 (show verse)
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 5:23 (show verse)
He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.