Proverbs 5
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- 1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
- בְּ֭נִי
- לְחָכְמָתִ֣י
- הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה
- לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י
- הַט־
- הַטhat-inclineH5186
- אָזְנֶֽךָ׃
- 2That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
- 3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
- 4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.
- 5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- 6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
- 7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
- 8Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
- 9Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
- 10Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.
- 11You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
- וְנָהַמְתָּ֥
- בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ
- בִּכְל֥וֹת
- בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗
- וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃
- 12And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
- 13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
- 14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."
- 15Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.
- 16Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?
- 17Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.
- 18Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
- 19A loving doe and a graceful deer-- Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
- 20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
- 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
- 22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- 23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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