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  5:1 ¶
[My] son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; |
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5:1 ¶
My son,º
attendºº
unto my wisdom,º
[and] bowºº
thine earº
to my understanding:º |
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5:2
that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; |
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5:2
That thou mayest regardºº
discretion,º
and [that] thy lipsº
may keepºº
knowledge.º |
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5:3 ¶
for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: |
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5:3 ¶
Forº
the lipsº
of a strange womanºº
dropºº
[as] an honeycomb,º
and her mouthº
[is] smootherº
than oil:ºº |
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5:4
but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. |
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5:4
But her endº
is bitterº
as wormwood,º
sharpº
as a twoedgedº
sword.º |
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5:5
For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. |
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5:5
Her feetº
go downºº
to death;º
her stepsº
take holdºº
on hell.º |
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5:6
For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. |
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5:6
Lestº
thou shouldest ponderºº
the pathº
of life,º
her waysº
are moveable,ºº
[that] thou canst notº
knowºº
[them]. |
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5:7
Now then, [my] son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. |
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5:7
Hearºº
me nowº
therefore, O ye children,º
and departºº
notº
from the wordsºº
of my mouth.º |
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5:8
Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: |
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5:8
Removeºº
thy wayº
farººº
fromºº
her, and come not nighºººº
the doorº
of her house:º |
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5:9
lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: |
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5:9
Lestº
thou giveºº
thine honourº
unto others,º
and thy yearsº
unto the cruel:º |
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5:10
lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; |
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5:10
Lestº
strangersºº
be filledºº
with thy wealth;º
and thy laboursº
[be] in the houseº
of a stranger;º |
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5:11
And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, |
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5:11
And thou mournºº
at the last,º
when thy fleshº
and thy bodyº
are consumed,ºº |
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5:12
and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! |
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5:12
And say,ºº
Howº
have I hatedºº
instruction,º
and my heartº
despisedºº
reproof;º |
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5:13
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. |
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5:13
And have notº
obeyedºº
the voiceº
of my teachers,ºº
norº
inclinedºº
mine earº
to them that instructedºº
me! |
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5:14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
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5:14
I wasº
almostº
in allº
evilº
in the midstº
of the congregationº
and assembly.º |
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5:15 ¶
Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells. |
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5:15 ¶
Drinkºº
watersº
out of thine own cistern,ºº
and running watersºº
out ofºº
thine own well.º |
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5:16
Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets. |
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5:16
Let thy fountainsº
be dispersedºº
abroad,º
[and] riversº
of watersº
in the streets.º |
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5:17
Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee. |
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5:17
Let them beº
onlyº
thine own, and notº
strangers'ºº
withº
thee. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain of water be [truly] thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
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5:18
Let thy fountainº
beº
blessed:ºº
and rejoiceºº
with the wifeºº
of thy youth.º |
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5:19
Let [thy] loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased. |
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5:19
[Let her be as] the lovingº
hindº
and pleasantº
roe;º
let her breastsº
satisfyºº
thee at allº
times;º
and be thou ravishedºº
alwaysº
with her love.º |
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5:20
Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. |
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5:20
And whyº
wilt thou, my son,º
be ravishedºº
with a strange woman,ºº
and embraceºº
the bosomº
of a stranger?º |
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5:21
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths. |
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5:21
Forº
the waysº
of manº
[are] beforeº
the eyesº
of Yahweh,º
and he ponderethºº
allº
his goings.º |
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5:22 ¶
Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquitiesº
shall takeººº
the wickedº
himself, and he shall be holdenºº
with the cordsº
of his sins.º |
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5:23
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. |
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5:23
Heº
shall dieºº
withoutº
instruction;º
and in the greatnessº
of his follyº
he shall go astray.ºº |
