Proverbs 5
New American Standard Bible
Pitfalls of Immorality
5 My son, (A)pay attention to my wisdom,
(B)Incline your ear to my understanding,
2 So that you may (C)maintain discretion
And your (D)lips may comply with knowledge.
3 For the lips of an [a](E)adulteress (F)drip honey,
And her [b]speech is (G)smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is (H)bitter as wormwood,
(I)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (J)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 [c]She does not ponder the (K)path of life;
Her ways are (L)unstable, she (M)does not know it.
7 (N)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (O)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
8 (P)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the (Q)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 [d]in [e]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “How I (R)hated instruction!
And my heart (S)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my (T)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 [f]fresh water from your own well.
16 Should your (U)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 (V)fountain be blessed,
And (W)rejoice in the (X)wife of your youth.
19 Like a loving (Y)doe and a graceful mountain goat,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be [g]exhilarated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an [h](Z)adulteress,
And embrace the breasts of a (AA)foreigner?
21 For the (AB)ways of everyone are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He (AC)observes all his paths.
22 His (AD)own wrongdoings will trap the wicked,
And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
23 He will (AE)die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
- Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch
- Proverbs 5:11 Or at
- Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end
- Proverbs 5:15 Lit flowing
- Proverbs 5:19 Lit intoxicated
- Proverbs 5:20 Lit strange woman
Proverbs 5
New International Version
Warning Against Adultery
5 My son,(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words(B) of insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;(C)
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,(D)
sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.(E)
6 She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.(F)
7 Now then, my sons, listen(G) to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
8 Keep to a path far from her,(H)
do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you lose your honor to others
and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.(I)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!(J)
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(K)
in the assembly of God’s people.”(L)
15 Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
17 Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain(M) be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(N)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(O)—
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:9 Or years
Provérbios 5
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
5 Filho meu, atende à minha sabedoria; à minha razão inclina o teu ouvido; 2 para que conserves os meus avisos, e os teus lábios guardem o conhecimento. 3 Porque os lábios da mulher estranha destilam favos de mel, e o seu paladar é mais macio do que o azeite; 4 mas o seu fim é amargoso como o absinto, agudo como a espada de dois fios. 5 Os seus pés descem à morte; os seus passos firmam-se no inferno. 6 Ela não pondera a vereda da vida; as suas carreiras são variáveis, e não as conhece.
7 Agora, pois, filhos, dai-me ouvidos e não vos desvieis das palavras da minha boca. 8 Afasta dela o teu caminho e não te aproximes da porta da sua casa; 9 para que não dês a outros a tua honra, nem os teus anos a cruéis. 10 Para que não se fartem os estranhos do teu poder, e todos os teus trabalhos entrem na casa do estrangeiro; 11 e gemas no teu fim, quando se consumirem a tua carne e o teu corpo, 12 e digas: Como aborreci a correção! E desprezou o meu coração a repreensão! 13 E não escutei a voz dos meus ensinadores, nem a meus mestres inclinei o meu ouvido! 14 Quase que em todo o mal me achei no meio da congregação e do ajuntamento.
15 Bebe a água da tua cisterna e das correntes do teu poço. 16 Derramar-se-iam por fora as tuas fontes, e pelas ruas, os ribeiros de águas? 17 Sejam para ti só e não para os estranhos contigo. 18 Seja bendito o teu manancial, e alegra-te com a mulher da tua mocidade, 19 como cerva amorosa e gazela graciosa; saciem-te os seus seios em todo o tempo; e pelo seu amor sê atraído perpetuamente. 20 E por que, filho meu, andarias atraído pela estranha e abraçarias o seio da estrangeira? 21 Porque os caminhos do homem estão perante os olhos do Senhor, e ele aplana todas as suas carreiras. 22 Quanto ao ímpio, as suas iniquidades o prenderão, e, com as cordas do seu pecado, será detido. 23 Ele morrerá, porque sem correção andou, e, pelo excesso da sua loucura, andará errado.
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