Proverbios 5:1-6

1 Evita a las mujeres inmorales
Hijo mío, presta atención a mi sabiduría,
escucha cuidadosamente mi sabio consejo.

2 Entonces demostrarás discernimiento,
y tus labios expresarán lo que has aprendido.

3 Pues los labios de una mujer inmoral son tan dulces como la miel
y su boca es más suave que el aceite.

4 Pero al final ella resulta ser tan amarga como el veneno,
tan peligrosa como una espada de dos filos.

5 Sus pies descienden a la muerte,
sus pasos conducen derecho a la tumba.

6 Pues a ella no le interesa en absoluto el camino de la vida.
Va tambaleándose por un sendero torcido y no se da cuenta.

Proverbios 5:1-6 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.