Proverbios 5:3-13

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.

7 Así que ahora, hijos míos, escúchenme.
Nunca se aparten de lo que les voy a decir:

8 ¡Aléjate de ella!
¡No te acerques a la puerta de su casa!

9 Si lo haces perderás el honor,
y perderás todo lo que has logrado a manos de gente que no tiene compasión.

10 Gente extraña consumirá tus riquezas,
y otro disfrutará del fruto de tu trabajo.

11 Al final, gemirás de angustia
cuando la enfermedad consuma tu cuerpo.

12 Dirás: «¡Cuánto odié la disciplina!
¡Si tan solo no hubiera despreciado todas las advertencias!

13 ¿Por qué no escuché a mis maestros?
¿Por qué no presté atención a mis instructores?

Proverbios 5:3-13 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.