| 章 |
| 5:1 |
My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
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| 5:2 |
That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
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| 5:3 |
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
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| 5:4 |
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
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| 5:5 |
Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
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| 5:6 |
She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
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| 5:7 |
Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
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| 5:8 |
Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
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| 5:9 |
Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
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| 5:10 |
And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
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| 5:11 |
And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
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| 5:12 |
And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
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| 5:13 |
"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
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| 5:14 |
"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
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| 5:15 |
Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
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| 5:16 |
Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
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| 5:17 |
Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
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| 5:18 |
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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| 5:19 |
As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
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| 5:20 |
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
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| 5:21 |
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He watches all his paths.
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| 5:22 |
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
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| 5:23 |
He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
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