Proverbs 5

1My son^H1121, attend^H7181 unto my wisdom^H2451; Incline^H5186 thine ear^H241 to my understanding^H8394: 2That thou mayest preserve^H8104 discretion^H4209, And that thy lips^H8193 may keep^H5341 knowledge^H1847. 3For the lips^H8193 of a strange woman^H2114 drop^H5197 honey^H5317, And her mouth^H2441 is smoother^H2509 than oil^H8081: 4But in the end^H319 she is bitter^H4751 as wormwood^H3939, Sharp^H2299 as a two-edged^H6310 sword^H2719. 5Her feet^H7272 go down^H3381 to death^H4194; Her steps^H6806 take hold^H8551 on Sheol^H7585; 6So that she findeth^H6424 not the level path^H734 of life^H2416: Her ways^H4570 are unstable^H5128, and she knoweth^H3045 it not. 7Now therefore, my sons^H1121, hearken^H8085 unto me, And depart^H5493 not from the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310. 8Remove^H7368 thy way^H1870 far^H7368 from her, And come not nigh^H7126 the door^H6607 of her house^H1004; 9Lest thou give^H5414 thine honor^H1935 unto others^H312, And thy years^H8141 unto the cruel^H394; 10Lest strangers^H2114 be filled^H7646 with thy strength^H3581, And thy labors^H6089 be in the house^H1004 of an alien^H5237, 11And thou mourn^H5098 at thy latter^H319 end, When thy flesh^H1320 and thy body^H1320 are consumed^H3615, 12And say^H559, How have I hated^H8130 instruction^H4148, And my heart^H3820 despised^H5006 reproof^H8433; 13Neither have I obeyed^H8085 the voice^H6963 of my teachers^H3384, Nor inclined^H5186 mine ear^H241 to them that instructed^H3925 me! 14I was well-nigh^H4592 in all evil^H7451 In the midst^H8432 of the assembly^H6951 and congregation^H6951. 15Drink^H8354 waters^H4325 out of thine own cistern^H953, And running waters^H5140 out of^H8432 thine own well^H875. 16Should thy springs^H4599 be dispersed^H6327 abroad^H2351, And streams^H6388 of water^H4325 in the streets^H7339? 17Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers^H2114 with thee. 18Let thy fountain^H4726 be blessed^H1288; And rejoice^H8055 in the wife^H802 of thy youth^H5271. 19 As a loving^H158 hind^H365 and a pleasant^H2580 doe^H365, Let her breasts^H1717 satisfy^H7301 thee at all times^H6256; And be thou ravished^H7686 always^H8548 with her love^H160. 20For why shouldest thou, my son^H1121, be ravished^H7686 with a strange woman^H2114, And embrace^H2263 the bosom^H2436 of a foreigner^H5237? 21For the ways^H1870 of man^H376 are before^H5227 the eyes^H5869 of Jehovah^H3068; And he maketh level^H6424 all his paths^H4570. 22His own iniquities^H5771 shall take^H3920 the wicked^H7563, And he shall be holden^H8551 with the cords^H2256 of his sin^H2403. 23He shall die^H4191 for lack of instruction^H4148; And in the greatness^H7230 of his folly^H200 he shall go astray^H7686.