Proverbs 5:8-19

New American Standard Bible

^8 (A)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the ^(B)door of her house,
⁹ Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
¹⁰ And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
¹¹ And you will groan ^[a]in ^[b]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
¹² And you say, “How I ^(C)hated instruction!
And my heart ^(D)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
¹³ I did not listen to the voice of my ^(E)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
¹⁴ I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern,
And ^[c]fresh water from your own well.
¹⁶ Should your ^(F)springs overflow into the street,
Streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷ Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.
¹⁸ Let your ^(G)fountain be blessed,
And ^(H)rejoice in the ^(I)wife of your youth.
¹⁹ Like a loving ^(J)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be ^[d]exhilarated always with her love.