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 preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3 (show verse)
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 5:4 (show verse)
But in the end she 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)
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not.
Proverbs 5:7 (show verse)
Now therefore, my'sons, 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 honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
Proverbs 5:10 (show verse)
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,
Proverbs 5:11 (show verse)
And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:12 (show verse)
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 5:13 (show verse)
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Proverbs 5:14 (show verse)
I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.
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)
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
Proverbs 5:17 (show verse)
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.
Proverbs 5:18 (show verse)
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 5:19 (show verse)
As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
Proverbs 5:20 (show verse)
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Proverbs 5:21 (show verse)
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level 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 lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.