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Proverbs 5

Common English Bible CEB

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Bend your ear to what I know,

2 so you might remain discreet, and your lips might guard knowledge.

3 The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil,

4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead to the grave.

6 She doesn't stay on the way of life. Her paths wander, but she doesn't know it.

7 Now children, listen to me, and don't deviate from the words of my mouth.

8 Stay on a path that is far from her; don't approach the entrance to her house.

9 Otherwise, you will give your strength to others, your years to a cruel person.

10 Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength, and your hard work will end up in a foreigner's house.

11 You will groan at the end when your body and flesh are exhausted,

12 and you say, "How I hated instruction! How my heart despised correction!

13 I didn't listen to the voice of my instructor. I didn't obey my teacher.

14 I'm on the brink of utter ruin in the assembled community."

15 Drink water from your own cistern, gushing water from your own well.

16 Should your fountains flood outside, streams of water in the public squares?

17 They are yours alone, not for you as well as strangers.

18 May your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 She is a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts intoxicate you all the time; always be drunk on her love.

20 Why, my son, should you lose your senses with a mysterious woman and embrace the breasts of a foreign female?

21 The LORD's eyes watch over every person's path, observing all their ways.

22 The wicked will be caught by their own evil acts, grabbed by the ropes of their own sin.

23 Those without instruction will die, misled by their own stupidity.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very closely to the way I see it.

2 Then you'll acquire a taste for good sense; what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.

3 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth.

4 But it won't be long before she's gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.

5 She's dancing down the primrose path to Death; she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.

6 She hasn't a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she's going.

7 So, my friend, listen closely; don't treat my words casually.

8 Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.

9 You don't want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.

10 Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?

11 You don't want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones,

12 Saying, "Oh, why didn't I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life?

13 Why didn't I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously?

14 My life is ruined! I haven't one blessed thing to show for my life!" Never Take Love for Granted

15 Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well"?

16 It's true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.

17 Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers.

18 Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!

19 Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose - don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted!

20 Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?

21 Mark well that God doesn't miss a move you make; he's aware of every step you take.

22 The shadow of your sin will overtake you; you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.

23 Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.