Proverbs 5

1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

בְּנִי לְחָכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אָזְנֶךָ׃ (1982)

2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמֹּות וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹרוּ׃ (2709)

See also: Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:23, Malachi 2:6-7, Song of Solomon 4:11, Psalms 45:2, Psalms 71:15, Psalms 119:13, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 15:2, Proverbs 20:15

3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ׃ (2713)

4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיֹּות׃ (1793)

See also: Hebrews 4:12, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 57:4, Revelation 8:11, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 9:18, Numbers 5:18, Numbers 5:27, Judges 16:4-6, Judges 16:15-21, Proverbs 6:24-35, Proverbs 7:22-23, Proverbs 14:13, Proverbs 23:27-28, Hebrews 12:15-16

5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדֹות מָוֶת אֹול צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹכוּ׃ (2006)

See also: Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 2:18-19, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 9:18, Luke 16:23, Revelation 6:8

6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָע׃ (2166)

See also: Proverbs 4:26, Psalms 16:11, Proverbs 5:21, Proverbs 9:13, Proverbs 30:20, Psalms 119:59, Proverbs 6:12-13, Proverbs 6:13, Proverbs 7:10-21, Proverbs 11:19, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִי׃ (2129)

See also: Psalms 119:9, Psalms 119:102, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 7:24, Proverbs 8:32, Psalms 25:7, 1 Corinthians 3:18, Proverbs 22:17-21, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 4:21, Hebrews 12:25

8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָהּ׃ (2387)

See also: Proverbs 7:25, Ephesians 5:11, Proverbs 4:15, Matthew 6:13, Genesis 39:12, Proverbs 6:27-28, Matthew 5:29, Genesis 39:10, 1 Kings 11:1, Proverbs 29:3, Job 21:16, Proverbs 1:15, Proverbs 7:8, Luke 15:13

9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הֹודֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִי׃ (2358)

See also: Proverbs 31:3, Proverbs 13:18, Nehemiah 13:26, Proverbs 6:33, Genesis 39:7, Hosea 4:13-14, Genesis 38:23-26, Judges 16:19-21

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

פֶּן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נָכְרִי׃ (1715)

See also: Proverbs 21:17, Proverbs 6:35, Hosea 7:9, Proverbs 6:26, Proverbs 31:3, Romans 6:21, Luke 15:30

11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלֹות בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶךָ׃ (2649)

See also: Proverbs 8:36, Romans 6:21, Revelation 22:15, Numbers 5:27, Job 33:21, Hebrews 13:4, Deuteronomy 32:29, 1 Samuel 28:15, Job 13:26, Job 20:11, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 23:32, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 23:20, Ezekiel 7:16, 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, Revelation 21:8

12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתֹוכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּי׃ (2768)

13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

וְלֹאשָׁ־מַעְתִּי בְּקֹול מֹורָי וְלִמְלַמְּדַי לֹא־הִטִּיתִי אָזְנִי׃ (1944)

See also: Hebrews 13:17, Jeremiah 3:25, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Luke 15:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Hebrews 13:7, Judges 6:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכָל־רָע בְּתֹוךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָה׃ (1544)

See also: Proverbs 13:20, 1 Corinthians 10:6-8, 2 Peter 2:10-18, Numbers 25:1-6, Hosea 4:11-14, Ezekiel 8:6, Jude 1:7-13

15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבֹּורֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתֹּוךְ בְּאֵרֶךָ׃ (1895)

See also: Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 18:22, Psalms 128:3, 1 Corinthians 7:2-5, Song of Solomon 4:12, Proverbs 5:18-19, Proverbs 5:19, 1 Peter 3:7, Deuteronomy 33:28, Isaiah 36:16, Matthew 19:10

16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבֹות פַּלְגֵי־מָיִם׃ (1732)

See also: Psalms 128:3, Psalms 127:3, Genesis 24:60, Deuteronomy 33:28, Judges 12:9, Psalms 68:26, Isaiah 48:21, Isaiah 48:1, Numbers 24:7

17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

יִהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּךְ׃ (912)

18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

יְהִי־מְקֹורְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶךָ׃ (2060)

See also: Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14-15, 1 Corinthians 7:2, Isaiah 54:6, Deuteronomy 24:5, Colossians 3:19, Proverbs 5:15, Song of Solomon 4:15, Ephesians 5:25, Song of Solomon 4:12, Genesis 26:8, Proverbs 2:17, 2 Samuel 12:3, 1 Chronicles 14:3

19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכָל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִיד׃ (3431)

See also: Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 2:9, Song of Solomon 4:5, Song of Solomon 8:14, Song of Solomon 4:9, Acts 9:36, Proverbs 5:15, Song of Solomon 2:17, 2 Kings 21:1, Song of Solomon 2:7, Ezekiel 24:16, 2 Samuel 12:4

20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּה׃ (1974)

See also: Psalms 139:3, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Judges 11:2, 1 Kings 11:1, Ezra 10:44, Proverbs 21:15, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 23:27-28, Proverbs 23:33, Deuteronomy 13:6, Proverbs 2:16-19

21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

כִּי נֹכַח ׀ עֵינֵי יְהוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּס׃ (1644)

22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

עַוֹונֹותָיו יִלְכְּדֻנֹו אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתֹו יִתָּמֵךְ׃ (2602)

23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתֹּו יִשְׁגֶּה׃ (1808)

See also: Job 36:12, Job 4:21, 2 Peter 2:15-22, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 14:32, Psalms 81:12, Proverbs 14:14, Proverbs 7:25, Proverbs 12:8