Proverbi 5:12-22

12 E non dica: Come ebbi io in odio l’ammaestramento? E come rigettò il mio cuore la correzione?

13 E come non ascoltai la voce di quelli che mi ammaestravano, E non inchinai il mio orecchio a quelli che m’insegnavano?

14 Quasi che sono stato in ogni male, In mezzo della raunanza e della congregazione.

15 Bevi delle acque della tua cisterna, E de’ ruscelli di mezzo della tua fonte.

16 Spandansi le tue fonti fuori, Ed i ruscelli delle tue acque per le piazze.

17 Sieno quelle acque a te solo, E a niuno strano teco.

18 Sia la tua fonte benedetta; E rallegrati della moglie della tua giovanezza.

19 Siati ella una cerva amorosa, ed una cavriuola graziosa; Inebbrinti le sue mammelle in ogni tempo; Sii del continuo invaghito del suo amore.

20 E perchè, figliuol mio, t’invaghiresti della straniera, Ed abbracceresti il seno della forestiera?

21 Conciossiachè le vie dell’uomo sieno davanti agli occhi del Signore, E ch’egli consideri tutti i suoi sentieri.

22 Le iniquità dell’empio lo prenderanno, Ed egli sarà ritenuto con le funi del suo peccato.

Proverbi 5:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 5

The general instruction of this chapter is to avoid whoredom, and make use of lawful marriage, and keep to that. It is introduced with an exhortation to attend to wisdom and understanding, Pr 5:1,2; one part of which lies in shunning an adulterous woman; who is described by her flattery, with which she deceives; by the end she brings men to, which is destruction and death; and by the uncertainty of her ways, which cannot be known, Pr 5:3-6. Wherefore men are advised to keep at the utmost distance from her, Pr 5:7,8; lest their honour, strength, wealth, and labours, be given to others, Pr 5:9,10; and repentance and mourning follow, when too late, Pr 5:11-14. And, as a remedy against whoredom, entering into a marriage state is advised to, and a strict regard to that; allegorically expressed by a man's drinking water out of his fountain, and by his wife being as a loving hind and pleasant roe to him, the single object of his affections, Pr 5:15-19. As also the consideration of the divine omniscience is proposed, to deter him from the sin of adultery, Pr 5:20,21; as well as the inevitable ruin wicked men are brought into by it, Pr 5:22,23.