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Pitfalls of Immorality |
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Proverbs 5:1 |
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My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline
your ear to my understanding; |
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Proverbs 5:2 |
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That you may observe discretion And your lips
may reserve knowledge. |
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Proverbs 5:3 |
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For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And
smoother than oil is her speech; |
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Proverbs 5:4 |
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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp
as a two-edged sword. |
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Proverbs 5:5 |
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Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold
of Sheol. |
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Proverbs 5:6 |
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She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways
are unstable, she does not know it. |
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Proverbs 5:7 |
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Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart
from the words of my mouth. |
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Proverbs 5:8 |
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Keep your way far from her And do not go near
the door of her house, |
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Proverbs 5:9 |
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Or you will give your vigor to others And your
years to the cruel one; |
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Proverbs 5:10 |
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And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien; |
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Proverbs 5:11 |
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And you groan at your final end, When your flesh
and your body are consumed; |
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Proverbs 5:12 |
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And you say, "How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof! |
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Proverbs 5:13 |
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"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors! |
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Proverbs 5:14 |
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"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of
the assembly and congregation." |
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Proverbs 5:15 |
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Drink water from your own cistern And fresh
water from your own well. |
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Proverbs 5:16 |
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Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams
of water in the streets? |
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Proverbs 5:17 |
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Let them be yours alone And not for strangers
with you. |
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Proverbs 5:18 |
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Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in
the wife of your youth. |
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Proverbs 5:19 |
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As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her
breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love. |
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Proverbs 5:20 |
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For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with
an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? |
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Proverbs 5:21 |
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For the ways of a man are before the eyes of
the LORD, And He watches all his paths. |
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Proverbs 5:22 |
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His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin. |
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Proverbs 5:23 |
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He will die for lack of instruction, And in
the greatness of his folly he will go astray. |
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