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Proverbs 5
The Voice
Proverbs 5
The Voice
5 My son, stay focused; listen to the wisdom I have gained;
give attention to what I have learned about life
2 So you may be able to make sensible judgments
and speak with knowledge.
3 You see, the lips of a seductive woman speak honey-sweet words;
they are smooth like oil and enticing.
4 But in the end, she is bitter,
turning the stomach and rotting the soul;
she cuts as deep as a double-edged sword.
5 She leads you down a path that can only end in death;
her steps lead eventually to the grave.
6 She does not travel the road to life and truth.
She follows a wandering path—
a rocky, pit-filled road that twists and turns—and she doesn’t even know it.
7 So, my children, listen to me.
Do not stray from my advice.
8 Stay away from her, far away from her path;
don’t even go near her door
9 Unless you are ready to hand over your reputation to someone else,
unless you want to spend the rest of your years at the mercy of some cruel person.
10 If you do, strangers will help themselves to your wealth,
and everything you have worked hard to acquire will end up in someone else’s hands.
11 Your life will end with groanings of remorse, of opportunities missed,
and your flesh and bones will be eaten up with sorrow, regret for worthless efforts.
12 Then you’ll say, “Why did I hate being taught?
Why did I turn my back on correction?
13 I disregarded all that my teachers said to me;
I turned my ear away from my instructors!
14 Now I am on the edge of complete and utter ruin
in the midst of the community.”
People are easily seduced, especially men. Everyone is vulnerable to sexual sin at some point or another, and history is strewn with the wreckage that results when the path of adultery is followed: bitterness, death, instability, loss, ruin. Time and again, these are the consequences of violating God’s instruction.
15 Here’s what you should do to be satisfied:
go home and drink in the pleasures of your own cistern, your wife;
enjoy the sweet, fresh water that has been there all along, flowing from your own well.
16 Take care. Should your own springs, your body, be freely shared?
Should your streams of water satisfy anyone in the streets? Absolutely not!
17 They should be kept pure for you and you alone,
not for sharing with strangers.
18 May your fountain, your sex life, be blessed by God;
may you know true joy with the wife of your youth.
19 She who is lovely as a deer and graceful as a doe—
as you drink in her love,
may her breasts satisfy you at all times.
20 My son, why get caught up in some other woman
and embrace the breast of a stranger?
Wisdom recognizes the beauty of sexual intimacy. After all, God designed us as sexual beings. But for physical intimacy to retain the beauty of its design, it must be shared wisely. It is meant to be shared with someone who is your own. In marriage two become one (Genesis 2:24), so they belong together and belong to each other. In that safe place of belonging, one finds fulfillment. So a husband or a wife must partake only of the partner’s body and love. To seek intimacy elsewhere is foolish.
21 You see, the Eternal sees our ways before Him.
He watches every move we make and knows where those paths lead.
22 The wicked will be snared by their own wrongdoing.
Their flaws will tie their own hands, and they will be dragged through life by the cords of their sins.
23 Because they have no discipline, their spirits die and their bodies will soon follow;
because they are immensely foolish, they wander lost and confused.
Ordspråksboken 5
Svenska Folkbibeln
Ordspråksboken 5
Svenska Folkbibeln
Varning för lösaktighet
5 Min son, ge akt på min vishet, vänd ditt öra till mitt förstånd,
2 så att du tar vara på goda råd
och dina läppar bevarar kunskapen.
3 Av honung dryper en trolös kvinnas läppar,
halare än olja är hennes mun.
4 Men till sist blir hon bitter som malört,
skarp som ett tveeggat svärd.
5 Hennes fötter styr ner mot döden,
till dödsriket drar hennes steg.
6 På livets väg tänker hon inte,
hennes stigar leder vilse utan att hon märker det.
7 Lyssna nu på mig, ni barn,
vik ej bort från min muns tal.
8 Låt din väg vara fjärran ifrån henne,
kom inte nära dörren till hennes hus.
9 Ge inte din kraft åt andra,
dina år åt en grym herre,
10 om inte främlingar skall mätta sig av din rikedom
och ditt arbetes frukt hamna i en annans hus,
11 så att du själv till slut måste sucka,
när din kropp och ditt hull tynar bort,
12 och säga: "Hur kunde jag hata förmaning,
hur kunde mitt hjärta förakta tillrättavisning!
13 Varför lyssnade jag inte till mina lärares röst,
varför vände jag inte mitt öra till dem som undervisade mig?
14 Hur nära var jag inte att drabbas av allt ont
mitt i den församlade menigheten."
15 Drick vatten ur din egen brunn,
det vatten som rinner ur din egen källa.
16 Skall dina källor strömma ut på gatan,
dina vattenbäckar på torgen?
17 Nej, det är dig de tillhör
och ingen främmande jämte dig.
18 Må din brunn vara välsignad,
och gläd dig över din ungdoms hustru,
19 den älskliga hinden, den behagfulla gasellen.
Må hennes barm alltid förnöja dig,
hennes kärlek ständigt berusa dig.
20 Min son, varför skall du berusas av en främmande kvinna
och sluta en annans hustru i din famn?
21 Inför Herrens ögon är en människas vägar uppenbara,
han ger akt på alla hennes steg.
22 Den ogudaktige fångas av sina egna missgärningar
och fastnar i sin egen synds snaror.
23 Han måste dö i brist på förmaning,
genom sin stora dårskap går han vilse.
Proverbs 5
New International Version
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
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