Pro 5 | ABEn | STEP | O son, [ 2 to my 3 wisdom 1 take heed], [ 5 to my 1 and 6 words 2 set aside 3 your 4 ear]!

Proverbs 5

CHAPTER 5 Wisdom to a Son

1 O son, [²to my ³wisdom ¹take heed], [⁵to my ¹and ⁶words ²set aside ³your ⁴ear]! 2 that you should guard [²insight ¹good]. And perception of my lips I give charge to you. Give no heed to a vile woman! 3 For honey drops from the lips [²woman ¹of a harlot], which for a time fattens your throat. 4 Afterwards however [²more bitter ³than bile ¹you shall find it], and being more sharpened rather than [²sword ¹a double-edged]. 5 For [³of folly ¹the ²feet] lead [⁴down ¹the ones ²dealing with ³her ⁷with ⁸death ⁵unto ⁶Hades]; and her tracks are not established; 6 [⁴the ways ¹for ⁵of life ²she does not ³come by]; [³are slippery ¹but ²her tracks], and not well-known. 7 Now then, O son, hear me! and you should not [²void works ¹do] of my words. 8 [⁴far ¹Make ⁵from ⁶her ²your ³way]! You should not approach to doors of her houses; 9 that you should not let [²go ³to others ¹your means of life], and your livelihood to the unmerciful; 10 that [²should not ³be filled with ¹strangers] your strength, and your toils [²into ³houses ⁴of strangers ¹should enter]; 11 and you shall be repenting at last when ever [²wears away ¹the flesh] from your body. 12 And you shall say, O how I detested instruction, and [³reproofs ²turned aside ¹my heart]! 13 I did not hear the voice of one correcting me and teaching me; nor did I set aside my ear. 14 By little I came unto every evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation. 15 O son, drink waters from your own receptacles, and [²from ³your own ⁴wells ¹the flow]! 16 Let [³overflow ⁴to you ¹the ²waters] from out of your own spring; and into your own squares let [³go along ¹your ²waters]! 17 Let it be [²to you ³alone ¹existing], and let not a stranger partake with you! 18 The spring of your water -- let it be to you in particular! and be glad with the wife of your youth! 19 Let your hind of friendship, and [²filly ¹your] of favors, consort with you! and in particular let her be esteemed by you, and be with you at all time! For in this friendship [²accommodated ³a great deal ¹you will be]. 20 [²not ³much ¹Be] with the strange woman, nor hold [⁴in embraces ¹the one ²not ³your own]! 21 [⁵before ¹For ⁴are ⁶the ⁸of God ⁷eyes ²the ways ³of a man], [³unto ¹and ⁴all ⁵his tracks ²he watches]. 22 Unlawful deeds [²a man ¹ensnare]; [⁴chains ¹and ⁵of ones own ⁶sins ²each ³is grasped by]. 23 This man comes to an end with the uninstructed; and from the abundance of his own sustenance was cast forth, and perished through folly.