Proverbs 5

1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,Cross-references: Prov 2:1 · Prov 4:1 · Prov 4:20 · Prov 22:17 · Matt 3:9 · Mark 4:23 · +8 more

2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.Cross-references: Ps 45:2 · Ps 71:15 · Ps 119:13 · Prov 10:21 · Prov 15:2 · Prov 15:7 · +4 more

3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,Cross-references: Ps 55:21 · Prov 2:16 · Prov 6:24 · Prov 7:5 · Prov 7:21 · Rev 17:2

4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.Cross-references: Judg 16:4 · Judg 16:15 · Ps 55:21 · Ps 57:4 · Prov 6:24 · Prov 7:22 · +5 more

5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.Cross-references: Prov 2:18 · Prov 7:27

6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.Cross-references: Ps 16:11 · Ps 119:59 · Prov 4:26 · Prov 5:21 · Prov 6:12 · Prov 7:10 · +3 more

7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.Cross-references: Prov 3:21 · Prov 4:1 · Prov 4:21 · Prov 7:24 · Prov 8:32 · Prov 22:17 · +1 more

8Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,Cross-references: Prov 4:15 · Prov 6:27 · Prov 7:25 · Matt 6:13 · Eph 5:11

9lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;Cross-references: Gen 38:23 · Judg 16:19 · Neh 13:26 · Prov 6:29 · Hos 4:13

10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.Cross-references: Prov 6:35 · Prov 31:3 · Hos 7:9 · Luke 15:30

11You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,Cross-references: Num 5:27 · Deut 32:29 · Prov 7:23 · Jer 5:31 · Rom 6:21 · 1Cor 5:4 · +3 more

12and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.Cross-references: Gen 19:9 · Ex 2:13 · 2Chr 24:20 · 2Chr 25:16 · 2Chr 33:10 · 2Chr 36:16 · +14 more

13I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!Cross-references: Luke 15:18 · 1Thess 4:8 · 1Thess 5:12 · Heb 13:7

14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, among the gathered assembly.”Cross-references: Num 25:1 · Prov 13:20 · Hos 4:11 · 1Cor 10:6 · 2Pet 2:10 · Jude 1:7

15Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.Cross-references: Prov 5:18 · 1Cor 7:2 · Heb 13:4

16Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?Cross-references: Gen 24:60 · Deut 33:28 · Judg 12:9 · Ps 68:26 · Ps 127:3 · Ps 128:3 · +1 more

17Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

18Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.Cross-references: Eccl 9:9 · Song 4:12 · Song 4:15 · Mal 2:14

19A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.Cross-references: 2Sam 12:4 · Prov 5:15 · Song 2:9 · Song 2:17 · Song 4:5 · Song 7:3 · +1 more

20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?Cross-references: 1Ki 11:1 · Prov 2:16 · Prov 6:24 · Prov 7:5 · Prov 22:14 · Prov 23:27 · +1 more

21For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.Cross-references: 2Chr 16:9 · Job 14:16 · Job 31:4 · Job 34:21 · Ps 11:4 · Ps 17:3 · +11 more

22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.Cross-references: Num 32:23 · Ps 7:15 · Ps 9:15 · Prov 1:18 · Prov 1:31 · Prov 11:3 · +9 more

23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.Cross-references: Job 4:21 · Job 36:12 · Ps 81:12 · Prov 10:21 · Prov 14:14 · Prov 14:32 · +1 more