Provérbios 5

Warning Against Adultery

1 *ch. 4:20;[ch. 2:1,2] My son, be attentive to my wisdom;

*ch. 22:17incline your ear to my understanding,

2 that you may keep *ch. 1:4discretion,

and your lips may *Mal. 2:7guard knowledge.

3 For the lips of *See ch. 2:16a forbidden*5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20 woman drip honey,

and her speech*5:3 Hebrew palate is *Ps. 55:21smoother than oil,

4 but in the end she is *[Eccles. 7:26] bitter as *Deut. 29:18;Jer. 9:15;Lam. 3:15,19;Rev. 8:11wormwood,

*Ps. 57:4;[Ps. 55:21] sharp as *See Ps. 149:6a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet *See ch. 7:27go down to death;

her steps follow the path to*5:5 Hebrew lay hold of Sheol;

6 she *ver. 21;ch. 4:26does not ponder the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

7 And *See ch. 4:1now, O sons, listen to me,

and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep your way far from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,

10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,

and your *Ps. 127:2labors go to the house of a foreigner,

11 and at the end of your life you *Ezek. 24:23groan,

when your flesh and body are consumed,

12 and you say, *ch. 1:22,29;See ch. 12:1"How I hated discipline,

and my heart *ch. 1:25;See Ps. 107:11despised reproof!

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my instructors.

14 *[Ps. 94:17]I am at the brink of utter ruin

in the assembled congregation."

15 Drink *ver. 18;[ch. 9:17;Song 4:12,15;Jer. 2:13]water from your own cistern,

flowing water from your own well.

16 Should your *See Ps. 68:26springs be scattered abroad,

streams of water *[Jer. 9:21;Zech. 8:5]in the streets?

17 *[ch. 14:10]Let them be for yourself alone,

and not for strangers with you.

18 Let your *[See ver. 15above] fountain be blessed,

and *Deut. 24:5rejoice in *Mal. 2:14the wife of your youth,

19 a lovely *Song 2:9,17;8:14deer, a graceful doe.

Let her breasts *[Jer. 31:14]fill you at all times with delight;

be intoxicated*5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20 always in her love.

20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with *See ch. 2:16a forbidden woman

and embrace the bosom of *See ch. 2:16an adulteress?*5:20 Hebrew a foreign woman

21 For *Ps. 119:168a man’s ways are *Hos. 7:2;Heb. 4:13;See Job 14:16;Ps. 11:4before the eyes of the Lord,

and he *ver. 6ponders*5:21 Or makes level all his paths.

22 The *See Ps. 7:15,16iniquities of the wicked *ch. 6:2ensnare him,

and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

23 *See Job 4:21He dies for lack of discipline,

and because of his great folly he is *[Job 12:24]led astray.