Proverbios 5:8-18

8 ¡Aléjate de ella!
¡No te acerques a la puerta de su casa!

9 Si lo haces perderás el honor,
y perderás todo lo que has logrado a manos de gente que no tiene compasión.

10 Gente extraña consumirá tus riquezas,
y otro disfrutará del fruto de tu trabajo.

11 Al final, gemirás de angustia
cuando la enfermedad consuma tu cuerpo.

12 Dirás: «¡Cuánto odié la disciplina!
¡Si tan solo no hubiera despreciado todas las advertencias!

13 ¿Por qué no escuché a mis maestros?
¿Por qué no presté atención a mis instructores?

14 He llegado al borde de la ruina
y ahora mi vergüenza será conocida por todos».

15 Bebe el agua de tu propio pozo,
comparte tu amor sólo con tu esposa.

16 ¿Para qué derramar por las calles el agua de tus manantiales
teniendo sexo con cualquiera?

17 Deben reservarla solo para los dos;
jamás la compartan con desconocidos.

18 Que tu esposa sea una fuente de bendición para ti.
Alégrate con la esposa de tu juventud.

Proverbios 5:8-18 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.