ProverbsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareProverbs 5Douay - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Proverbs 1Proverbs 2Proverbs 3Proverbs 4Proverbs 5Proverbs 6Proverbs 7Proverbs 8Proverbs 9Proverbs 10Proverbs 11Proverbs 12Proverbs 13Proverbs 14Proverbs 15Proverbs 16Proverbs 17Proverbs 18Proverbs 19Proverbs 20Proverbs 21Proverbs 22Proverbs 23Proverbs 24Proverbs 25Proverbs 26Proverbs 27Proverbs 28Proverbs 29Proverbs 30Proverbs 31›Proverbs 5ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence, 2That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman. 3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. 4But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. 5Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. 6They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable. 7Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house. 9Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel. 10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house, 11And thou mourn at the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say; 12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof, 13And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters? 14I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation. 15Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well: 16Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters. 17Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee. 18Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth: 19Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times: be thou delighted continually with her love. 20Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another? 21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps. 22His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins. 23He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. ‹Previous chapterProverbs 4Next chapterProverbs 6›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsProverbs 5 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain