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Proverbs 5 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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My son, attend unto my wisdom;
Incline thine ear to my understanding:

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That thou mayest preserve discretion,
And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

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For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:

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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold on Sheol;

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So that she findeth not the level path of life:
Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.

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Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Remove thy way far from her,
And come not nigh the door of her house;

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Lest thou give thine honor unto others,
And thy years unto the cruel;

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Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,
And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

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And thou mourn at thy latter end,
When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

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Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,
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I was well-nigh in all evil
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.

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Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,
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Let them be for thyself alone,
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Let thy fountain be blessed;
And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

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As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;
And be thou ravished always with her love.

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For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

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For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah;
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked,
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He shall die for lack of instruction;
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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Proverbs Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras