Proverbs 5
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1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
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7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
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10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
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17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
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18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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Chapter 5
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Proverbs 5:1
Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto m...Proverbs 4:20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Revelation 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He th...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...
Proverbs 5:2
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he wa...Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not...Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongu...Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth ou...
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Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth...Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her li...Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his...Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattere...Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange w...
Proverbs 5:4
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and...Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his...Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the...Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,...Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depth...
Proverbs 5:5
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Proverbs 4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Psalms 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy ri...Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and sa...Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his go...Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding...Proverbs 3:21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.Proverbs 7:24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mo...Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused hi...
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Proverbs 7:25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove...Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the king...Proverbs 6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was t...Hosea 4:13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills,...Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused...Genesis 38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this k...
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Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are...Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest...Proverbs 31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlot...
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Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end o...Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolat...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that,...Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their...
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Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish...Proverbs 1:7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom a...Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prud...Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in t...Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Cross References
Proverbs 5:1
Proverbs 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto m...Proverbs 4:20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;Revelation 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He th...James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, s...
Proverbs 5:2
Proverbs 16:23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he wa...Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not...Song of Solomon 4:11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongu...Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth ou...
Proverbs 5:3
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth...Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her li...Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his...Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattere...Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange w...
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Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and...Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his...Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the...Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,...Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depth...
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Proverbs 4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Psalms 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy ri...Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and sa...Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his go...Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding...Proverbs 3:21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:Proverbs 4:21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.Proverbs 7:24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mo...Hebrews 12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused hi...
Proverbs 5:8
Proverbs 7:25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove...Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the king...Proverbs 6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 5:9
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was t...Hosea 4:13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills,...Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused...Genesis 38:23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this k...
Proverbs 5:10
Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are...Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest...Proverbs 31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlot...
Proverbs 5:11
Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end o...Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolat...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that,...Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their...
Proverbs 5:12
Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish...Proverbs 1:7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom a...Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prud...Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in t...Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: