Proverbi 5:9-19

9 per non dare ad altri il fiore della tua gioventù, e i tuoi anni al tiranno crudele;

10 perché degli stranieri non si sazino de’ tuoi beni, e le tue fatiche non vadano in casa d’altri;

11 perché tu non abbia a gemere quando verrà la tua fine, quando la tua carne e il tuo corpo saran consumati,

12 e tu non dica: "Come ho fatto a odiare la correzione, come ha potuto il cuor mio sprezzare la riprensione?

13 come ho fatto a non ascoltare la voce di chi m’ammaestrava, e a non porger l’orecchio a chi m’insegnava?

14 poco mancò che non mi trovassi immerso in ogni male, in mezzo al popolo ed all’assemblea".

15 Bevi l’acqua della tua cisterna, l’acqua viva del tuo pozzo

16 Le tue fonti debbon esse spargersi al di fuori? e i tuoi rivi debbon essi scorrer per le strade?

17 Siano per te solo, e non per degli stranieri con te.

18 Sia benedetta la tua fonte, e vivi lieto con la sposa della tua gioventù.

19 Cerva d’amore, cavriola di grazia, le sue carezze t’inebrino in ogni tempo, e sii del continuo rapito nell’affetto suo.

Proverbi 5:9-19 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.