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Proverbs 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Peril of Adultery
Warning Against Immorality

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:1 - My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
Lend your ear to my understanding,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:2 - That you may preserve discretion,
And your lips may keep knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 - For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death,
Her steps lay hold of hell.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - Lest you ponder her path of life—
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7 - Therefore hear me now, my children,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Remove your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:9 - Lest you give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - Lest aliens be filled with your wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:11 - And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:13 - I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 - I was on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:15 - Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:16 - Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:17 - Let them be only your own,
And not for strangers with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 - Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with the wife of your youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 - As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be enraptured with her love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20 - For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:21 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
And He ponders all his paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:22 - His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23 - He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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Proverbs Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

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