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Proverbs 5 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Pitfalls of Immorality

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My son H1121, pay H7181 attention H7181 to my wisdom H2451,

Incline H5186 your ear H241 to my understanding H8394,

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So that you may maintain H8104 discretion H4209

And your lips H8193 may comply H5341 with H5341 knowledge H1847.

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For the lips H8193 of an [fn]adulteress H2114 drip H5197 honey H5317,

And her [fn]speech H2441 is smoother H2509 than H4480 oil H8081;

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But in the end H319 she is bitter H4751 as wormwood H3939,

Sharp H2299 as a two-edged H6310 sword H2719.

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Her feet H7272 go H3381 down H3381 to death H4194,

Her steps H6806 take H8551 hold H8551 of Sheol H7585.

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[fn]She does not ponder H6424 the path H734 of life H2416;

Her ways H4570 are H5128 unstable H5128, she does not know H3045 it.

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Now H6258 then, my sons H1121, listen H8085 to me

And do not turn H5493 away H5493 from the words H561 of my mouth H6310.

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Keep H7368 your way H1870 far H7368 from her,

And do not go H7126 near H7126 the door H6607 of her house H1004,

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Otherwise H6435 you will give H5414 your vigor H1935 to others H312,

And your years H8141 to the cruel H394 one H394;

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And strangers H2114 will be filled H7646 with your strength H3581,

And your hard-earned H6089 possessions H6089 will go to the house H1004 of a foreigner H5237;

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And you will groan H5098 [fn]in [fn]the end H319,

When your flesh H1320 and your body H7607 are consumed H3615;

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And you say H559, “How H349 I hated H8130 instruction H4148!

And my heart H3820 disdainfully H5006 rejected H5006 rebuke H8433!

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“I did not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of my teachers H4175,

Nor H3808 incline H5186 my ear H241 to my instructors H3925!

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“I was almost H4592 in total H3605 ruin H7451

In the midst H8432 of the assembly H6951 and congregation H5712.”

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Drink H8354 water H4325 from your own cistern H953,

And [fn]fresh H5140 water H5140 from your own well H875.

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Should your springs H4599 overflow H6327 into the street H2351,

Streams H6388 of water H4325 in the public H7339 squares H7339?

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Let them be yours alone H905,

And not for strangers H2114 with you.

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Let your fountain H4726 be blessed H1288,

And rejoice H8055 in the wife H802 of your youth H5271.

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Like a loving H158 doe H355 and a graceful H2580 mountain H3280 goat H3280,

Let her breasts H1717 satisfy H7301 you at all H3605 times H6256;

Be H7686 [fn]exhilarated H7686 always H8548 with her love H160.

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For why H4100 should you, my son H1121, be H7686 exhilarated H7686 with an [fn]adulteress H2114,

And embrace H2263 the breasts H2436 of a foreigner H5237?

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For the ways H1870 of everyone H376 are before H5227 the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068,

And He observes H6424 all H3605 his paths H4570.

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His own wrongdoings H5771 will trap H3920 the wicked H7563,

And he will be held H8551 by the ropes H2256 of his sin H2403.

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He will die H4191 for lack H369 of instruction H4148,

And in the greatness H7230 of his foolishness H200 he will go H7686 astray H7686.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit strange woman
Lit palate
Lit That she not watch
Or at
Lit your end
Lit flowing
Lit intoxicated
Lit strange woman
NASB20

New American Standard Bible 2020
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For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

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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 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American 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