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Proverbs 5

New Century Version NCV

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen to my words of understanding.

2 Be careful to use good sense, and watch what you say.

3 The words of another man's wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil.

4 But in the end she will bring you sorrow, causing you pain like a two-edged sword.

5 She is on the way to death; her steps are headed straight to the grave.

6 She gives little thought to life. She doesn't even know that her ways are wrong.

7 Now, my sons, listen to me, and don't ignore what I say.

8 Stay away from such a woman. Don't even go near the door of her house,

9 or you will give your riches to others, and the best years of your life will be given to someone cruel.

10 Strangers will enjoy your wealth, and what you worked so hard for will go to someone else.

11 You will groan at the end of your life when your health is gone.

12 Then you will say, "I hated being told what to do! I would not listen to correction!

13 I would not listen to my teachers or pay attention to my instructors.

14 I came close to being completely ruined in front of a whole group of people."

15 Be faithful to your own wife, just as you drink water from your own well.

16 Don't pour your water in the streets; don't give your love to just any woman.

17 These things are yours alone and shouldn't be shared with strangers.

18 Be happy with the wife you married when you were young. She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.

19 She is as lovely and graceful as a deer. Let her love always make you happy; let her love always hold you captive.

20 My son, don't be held captive by a woman who takes part in adultery. Don't hug another man's wife.

21 The Lord sees everything you do, and he watches where you go.

22 An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways; the ropes of his sins will tie him up.

23 He will die because he does not control himself, and he will be held captive by his foolishness.

New International Version NIV

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech 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 straight to the grave.

6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.

8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.

11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

12 You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

13 I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.

14 And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”

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

16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.

22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.

23 For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.