ProverbsJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareProverbs 5Geneva - 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 sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge. 2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge. 3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle. 4But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde. 5Her feete goe downe to death, and her steps take holde on hell. 6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them. 7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth. 8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house, 9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell: 10Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger, 11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie) 12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction! 13And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me! 14I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie. 15Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well. 16Let thy fountaines flow foorth, and the riuers of waters in the streetes. 17But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee. 18Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth. 19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually. 20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger? 21For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes. 22His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the cordes of his owne sinne. 23Hee shall die for fault of instruction, and shall goe astray through his great follie. ‹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