Proverbs 5 — ENGLXXUP
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Verse 1
My son, attend to my wisdom,
Verse 2
That thou mayest keep good understanding,
Verse 3
For honey drops from the lips of a harlot,
Verse 4
But afterward thou wilt find her more bitter than gall,
Verse 5
For the feet of folly lead
Verse 6
For she goes not upon the paths of life;
Verse 7
Now then, my son, hear me,
Verse 8
Remove thy way far from her;
Verse 9
Lest thou give away thy life to others,
Verse 10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,
Verse 11
And thou repent at last,
Verse 12
And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction,
Verse 13
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me,
Verse 14
I was almost in all evil
Verse 15
Drink waters out of thine own vessels,
Verse 16
Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee,
Verse 17
Let them be only thine own,
Verse 18
Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own;
Verse 19
Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee,
Verse 20
Be not intimate with a strange woman,
Verse 21
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God,
Verse 22
Iniquities ensnare a man,
Verse 23
Such a man dies with the uninstructed;