Proverbios 5:4-14

4 Mas su fin es amargo como el ajenjo, Agudo como cuchillo de dos filos.

5 Sus pies descienden á la muerte; Sus pasos sustentan el sepulcro:

6 Sus caminos son instables; no los conocerás, Si no considerares el camino de vida.

7 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, Y no os apartéis de las razones de mi boca.

8 Aleja de ella tu camino, Y no te acerques á la puerta de su casa;

9 Porque no des á los extraños tu honor, Y tus años á cruel;

10 Porque no se harten los extraños de tu fuerza, Y tus trabajos estén en casa del extraño;

11 Y gimas en tus postrimerías, Cuando se consumiere tu carne y tu cuerpo,

12 Y digas: ¡Cómo aborrecí el consejo, Y mi corazón menospreció la reprensión;

13 Y no oí la voz de los que me adoctrinaban, Y á los que me enseñaban no incliné mi oído!

14 Casi en todo mal he estado, En medio de la sociedad y de la congregación.

Proverbios 5:4-14 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.