Proverbs 5:1–14 · BSB
5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
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that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
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5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
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in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
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She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
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So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
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Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
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lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
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lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
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At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
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and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
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I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
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I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
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