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Proverbs 5

The father warns against the flattering strange woman and her bitter end, tells the son to stay far from her door, and positively commands rejoicing in one's own wife before reminding that God sees every path.

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Verses 1–14Attend to wisdom and avoid the flattering strange woman whose path leads to death Verses 15–23Rejoice in one’s own wife, knowing that all ways are before the LORD

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1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear…2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may…3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an…4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a…5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold…6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways…7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not…8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh…9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years…10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours…11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and…12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart…13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor…14I was almost in all evil in the midst of…15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters…16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters…17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with…18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife…19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe;…20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a…21For the ways of man are before the eyes of…22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he…23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of…