Thematic Bible

Proverbs 5:1

My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence:

Proverbs 5:2

that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil.

Proverbs 5:4

But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down unto death, and her steps pierce through unto hell.

Proverbs 5:6

She regardeth not the path of life, so unsteadfast are her ways, that thou canst not know them.

Proverbs 5:7

Hear me therefore, O my son, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:8

Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

Proverbs 5:9

That thou give not thine honour unto another, and thy years to the cruel;

Proverbs 5:10

That other men be not filled with thy goods, and that thy labours come not in a strange house.

Proverbs 5:11

Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,

Proverbs 5:12

and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction?

Proverbs 5:13

Wherefore was not I obedient unto the voice of my teachers, and hearken not unto them that informed me?

Proverbs 5:14

I am come almost into all misfortune, in the midst of the multitude and congregation."

Proverbs 5:15

Drink of the water of thine own well, and of the rivers that run out of thine own springs.

Proverbs 5:16

Let thy wells flow out abroad, that there may be rivers of water in the streets:

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but let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy well be blessed; and be glad with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:19

Let her be as the loving hind, and pleasant roe: let her breasts alway satisfy thee, and hold thee ever content with her love.

Proverbs 5:20

My son, why wilt thou have pleasure in a harlot, and embrace the bosom of another woman?

Proverbs 5:21

For every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings.

Proverbs 5:22

The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.

Proverbs 5:23

Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.