The Influence of an Immoral Woman |
Proverbs 5:1-23 Proverbs [in Smaller Chunks] |
My son, [pay attention] to my wisdom & [lean] your ear to [hear] my understanding. [So,] that you may [consider making responsible choices] & your lips may keep knowledge. |
For the lips of [an immoral] woman [drip like a] honeycomb & her mouth is smoother than oil. But [in the end, she] is bitter [like] wormwood & sharp [like] a 2 edged sword. Her feet [lead] down to death & her steps [have taken] hold [of] hell. |
Lest you should ponder the path [of her life,] her ways are [unstable, so you aren't able to] know them. Therefore, [you] children, hear me now & [don’t] depart from the words of my mouth. |
Remove your [path] far from her & [don’t] come [near] the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others & your years to the cruel. Lest [foreigners are] filled with your wealth & the [reward of your work is] in the house of a stranger & you mourn at the [end,] when your flesh & your body are consumed, |
And [you] say, How I have hated instruction & my heart despised [correction] & I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor [leaned] my ear to [hear those who] instructed me! |
I was almost [on the verge of total ruin] in the midst of the congregation & assembly. [Be faithful] & drink [water] [only] from your own cistern & running [water] from your own well. |
[Don’t] let your [bodily] fountains be dispersed [around, like streams] of [water] in the streets. Let them be only [with] your own [wife] & not [foreigner’s wives] with you. Let your [bodily] fountain be blessed & rejoice with the wife of your youth. |
Let her be [like] the loving [deer] & pleasant [doe.] Let her breasts satisfy you at all times & you always be ravished with her love. My son, why will you be ravished with a strange woman & embrace the [breasts of a foreigner?] |
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord & He ponders all [places a man goes.] His own [sin] shall [get the best of] the wicked, himself & he shall be [held] with the [ropes for] his sins. He shall die without instruction & he shall go astray, [because of his great lack of judgment.] |