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World English Bible

Proverbs 5 (WEBP)

[1] My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,
[2] that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
[3] For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
[4] but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
[5] Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
[6] She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
[7] Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
[8] Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
[9] lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
[10] lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
[11] You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
[12] and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
[13] I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
[14] I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”
[15] Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
[16] Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
[17] Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
[18] Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
[19] A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
[20] For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
[21] For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
[22] The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
[23] He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Proverbs 5:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 5 (KJVS)

[1] My son, attend () unto my wisdom, And bow () thine ear to my understanding:
[2] That thou mayest regard () discretion, And that thy lips may keep () knowledge.
[3] For the lips of a strange woman () drop () as an honeycomb, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
[4] But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a twoedged sword.
[5] Her feet go down () to death; Her steps take hold () on hell.
[6] Lest thou shouldest ponder () the path of life, Her ways are moveable, () that thou canst not know () them.
[7] Hear () me now therefore, O ye children, And depart () not from the words of my mouth.
[8] Remove thy way far () from her, And come not nigh () the door of her house:
[9] Lest thou give () thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:
[10] Lest strangers () be filled () with thy wealth; And thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
[11] And thou mourn () at the last, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ()
[12] And say, () How have I hated () instruction, And my heart despised () reproof;
[13] And have not obeyed () the voice of my teachers, () Nor inclined () mine ear to them that instructed () me!
[14] I was almost in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.
[15] Drink () waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters () out of thine own well.
[16] Let thy fountains be dispersed () abroad, And rivers of waters in the streets.
[17] Let them be only thine own, And not strangers’ () with thee.
[18] Let thy fountain be blessed: () And rejoice () with the wife of thy youth.
[19] Let 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.
[20] And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished () with a strange woman, () And embrace () the bosom of a stranger?
[21] For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And he pondereth () all his goings.
[22] His own iniquities shall take () the wicked himself, And he shall be holden () with the cords of his sins.
[23] He shall die () without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. ()

Proverbs 5:3 Heb. palate
Proverbs 5:10 Heb. thy strength
Proverbs 5:19a Heb. water thee
Proverbs 5:19b Heb. err thou always in her love
Proverbs 5:22 Heb. sin

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 5 (BYZ)

[1] υιε εμη σοφια προσεχε εμοις δε λογοις παραβαλλε σον ους
[2] ινα φυλαξης εννοιαν αγαθην αισθησιν δε εμων χειλεων εντελλομαι σοι
[3] μη προσεχε φαυλη γυναικι μελι γαρ αποσταζει απο χειλεων γυναικος πορνης η προς καιρον λιπαινει σον φαρυγγα
[4] υστερον μεντοι πικροτερον χολης ευρησεις και ηκονημενον μαλλον μαχαιρας διστομου
[5] της γαρ αφροσυνης οι ποδες καταγουσιν τους χρωμενους αυτη μετα θανατου εις τον αδην τα δε ιχνη αυτης ουκ ερειδεται
[6] οδους γαρ ζωης ουκ επερχεται σφαλεραι δε αι τροχιαι αυτης και ουκ ευγνωστοι
[7] νυν ουν υιε ακουε μου και μη ακυρους ποιησης εμους λογους
[8] μακραν ποιησον απ αυτης σην οδον μη εγγισης προς θυραις οικων αυτης
[9] ινα μη προη αλλοις ζωην σου και σον βιον ανελεημοσιν
[10] ινα μη πλησθωσιν αλλοτριοι σης ισχυος οι δε σοι πονοι εις οικους αλλοτριων εισελθωσιν
[11] και μεταμεληθηση επ εσχατων ηνικα αν κατατριβωσιν σαρκες σωματος σου
[12] και ερεις πως εμισησα παιδειαν και ελεγχους εξεκλινεν η καρδια μου
[13] ουκ ηκουον φωνην παιδευοντος με και διδασκοντος με ουδε παρεβαλλον το ους μου
[14] παρ ολιγον εγενομην εν παντι κακω εν μεσω εκκλησιας και συναγωγης
[15] πινε υδατα απο σων αγγειων και απο σων φρεατων πηγης
[16] μη υπερεκχεισθω σοι τα υδατα εκ της σης πηγης εις δε σας πλατειας διαπορευεσθω τα σα υδατα
[17] εστω σοι μονω υπαρχοντα και μηδεις αλλοτριος μετασχετω σοι
[18] η πηγη σου του υδατος εστω σοι ιδια και συνευφραινου μετα γυναικος της εκ νεοτητος σου
[19] ελαφος φιλιας και πωλος σων χαριτων ομιλειτω σοι η δε ιδια ηγεισθω σου και συνεστω σοι εν παντι καιρω εν γαρ τη ταυτης φιλια συμπεριφερομενος πολλοστος εση
[20] μη πολυς ισθι προς αλλοτριαν μηδε συνεχου αγκαλαις της μη ιδιας
[21] ενωπιον γαρ εισιν των του θεου οφθαλμων οδοι ανδρος εις δε πασας τας τροχιας αυτου σκοπευει
[22] παρανομιαι ανδρα αγρευουσιν σειραις δε των εαυτου αμαρτιων εκαστος σφιγγεται
[23] ουτος τελευτα μετα απαιδευτων εκ δε πληθους της εαυτου βιοτητος εξερριφη και απωλετο δι αφροσυνην