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Proverbs 5

New Living Translation NLT

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel.

2 Then you will show discernment, and your lips will express what you’ve learned.

3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.

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

6 For she cares nothing about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.

7 So now, my sons, listen to me. Never stray from what I am about to say:

8 Stay away from her! Don’t go near the door of her house!

9 If you do, you will lose your honor and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.

10 Strangers will consume your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

11 In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body.

12 You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers? Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?

14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.”

15 Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife.

16 Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone?

17 You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers.

18 Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 She is a loving deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman, or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

21 For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.

22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.

23 He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding;

2 so that you will preserve discretion and your lips keep watch over knowledge.

3 For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil;

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

5 Her feet go down to death, her steps lead straight to Sh'ol;

6 she doesn't walk the level path of life -her course wanders all over, but she doesn't know it.

7 So now, children, listen to me; don't turn away from what I am saying:

8 distance your way from her, stay far from the door of her house;

9 so that you won't give your vigor to others and your years to someone who is cruel,

10 so strangers won't be filled with your strength and what you worked for go to a foreign house.

11 Then, when your flesh and bones have shrunk, at the end of your life, you would moan,

12 "How I hated discipline! My whole being despised reproof,

13 I ignored what my teachers said, I didn't listen to my instructors.

14 I took part in almost every kind of evil, and the whole community knew it."

15 Drink the water from your own cistern, fresh water from your own well.

16 Let what your springs produce be dispersed outside, streams of water flowing in the streets;

17 but let them be for you alone and not for strangers with you.

18 Let your fountain, the wife of your youth, be blessed; find joy in her

19 a lovely deer, a graceful fawn; let her breasts satisfy you at all times, always be infatuated with her love.

20 My son, why be infatuated with an unknown woman? Why embrace the body of a loose woman?

21 For ADONAI is watching a man's ways; he surveys all his paths.

22 A wicked person's own crimes will trap him, he will be held fast by the ropes of his sin.

23 He will die from lack of discipline; the magnitude of his folly will make him totter and fall.