Proverbios 5:4-14

4 mas su fin es amargo como el ajenjo, agudo como espada de dos filos

5 Sus pies descienden a la muerte; sus pasos sustentan el Seol

6 si no pesares el camino de vida, sus caminos son inestables; no los conocerás

7 Ahora pues, hijos, oídme, y no os apartéis de las razones de mi boca

8 Aleja de ella tu camino, y no te acerques a la puerta de su casa

9 para que no des a los extraños tu honor, y tus años al cruel

10 para que 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 castigo, y mi corazón menospreció la reprensión

13 y no oí la voz de los que me castigaban; y a 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.