{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/4","next":"proverbs/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, pay attention to my wisdom;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"incline your ear to my insight,"}],"h":"Avoiding Immorality","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that you may maintain discretion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your lips may preserve knowledge."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech [is] smoother than oil,","f":["Or the adulteress","Or her palate"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and her speech [is] smoother than oil,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"in the end she is bitter as wormwood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"sharp as a double-edged sword."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.","f":["Or lay hold of Sheol"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Her feet go down to death;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"her steps lead straight to Sheol."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She does not consider the path of life;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she does not know that her ways are unstable."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So now, my sons, listen to me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Keep your path far from her;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not go near the door of her house,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"lest you concede your vigor to others,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your years to one who is cruel;"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors [enrich] the house of a foreigner.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"lest strangers feast on your wealth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your labors [enrich] the house of a foreigner."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"At the end of your life you will groan"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when your flesh and your body are spent,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"and you will say,“ How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and you will say,“ How I hated discipline,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my heart despised reproof!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"I did not listen to the voice of my teachers [or] incline my ear to my mentors.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I did not listen to the voice of my teachers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[or] incline my ear to my mentors."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am on the brink of utter ruin"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the midst of the whole assembly.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Drink water from your own cistern,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and running water from your own well."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why should your springs flow in the streets,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"your streams of water in the public squares?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let them be yours alone,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"never to be shared with strangers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May your fountain be blessed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"A loving doe, a graceful fawn — may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.","f":["Or be led astray; also in verse 20"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A loving doe, a graceful fawn —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may her breasts satisfy you always;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may you be captivated by her love forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?","f":["Or a foreign woman or another man’s wife"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or embrace the bosom of a stranger?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and [the LORD] examines all his paths.","f":["Or ponders or makes level"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and [the LORD] examines all his paths."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the cords of his sin entangle him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He dies for lack of discipline,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"led astray by his own great folly."}],"style":"indent1"}]}