Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 5

My son, pay close attention to my . Lean in and listen to my ,so that you’ll hold on to and your lips will guard knowledge.Because the lips of a drip , and her words are smoother than olive oil —but in the end she’s as bitter as , as sharp as a .Her feet go straight down to . Her steps lead right to .She never even thinks about the . Her ways wander all over the place, and she doesn’t even realize it.So now, my sons, listen to me. Don’t turn away from what I’m telling you.Keep your distance from her. Don’t even go near the door of her house.Otherwise you’ll hand over to strangers and your hard work to ,strangers will feast on your wealth, and everything you worked for will end up in someone else’s house.And at the end of your life you’ll groan, when are spent,and you’ll say, “Why did I hate ? Why did my heart reject correction?I didn’t listen to my teachers. I didn’t pay attention to the people who tried to guide me.I came so close to — right there in front of .”Drink water from , running water from .Should your overflow into the streets, your streams of water into the public squares?They should be yours alone — not shared with strangers.Let your be the source of your joy. Find your delight in ., a lovely doe — let her body satisfy you at all times. Be completely by her love, always.Why would you be intoxicated by a , my son? Why would you embrace ?Because sees everything a person does. He every path they take.The wicked person’s own will trap him. The of his own will hold him tight.He will die because he refused , and the depth of his own will .