Proverbs 5:3-23
Modern English Version
3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip as a honeycomb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 She does not ponder the path of life;
her ways are unstable, and she does not know it.
7 Hear me now therefore, O children,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honor to others,
and your years to the cruel;
10 lest strangers be filled with your wealth,
and your labors go to the house of a stranger;
11 and you mourn at the last,
when your flesh and your body are consumed,
12 and say, “How I have hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof!
13 And I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
14 I was almost in utter ruin
in the midst of the congregation and assembly.”
15 Drink waters out of your own cistern,
and running waters out of your own well.
16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
streams of water in the streets?
17 Let them be only your own,
and not for strangers with you.
18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 Let her be as the loving deer and pleasant doe;
let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
and always be enraptured with her love.
20 Why should you, my son, be intoxicated by an immoral woman,
and embrace the bosom of a seductress?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
and He ponders all his goings.
22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked himself,
and he is snared in the cords of his sins.
23 He will die for lack of instruction,
and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
Proverbs 5:3-23
21st Century King James Version
3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 but her end is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are wandering, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house,
9 lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel,
10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,
11 and thou mourn at the last when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 and thou sayest, “How have I hated instruction and my heart despised reproof;
13 and have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in total evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.”
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not for strangers with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He pondereth all his doings.
22 His own iniquities shall entrap the wicked himself, and he shall be held by the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his folly shall he go astray.
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Proverbs 6:20-35
Modern English Version
Warning Against Adultery
20 My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21 Bind them continually upon your heart,
and tie them around your neck.
22 When you go, they will lead you;
when you sleep, they will keep you;
and when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24 to keep you from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress.
25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread,
and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom,
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one walk upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?
29 So he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
whoever touches her will not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
31 But if he is found, he will restore sevenfold;
he will give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
he who does it destroys his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonor will he get,
and his reproach will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man;
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom,
nor will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Proverbs 6:20-35
21st Century King James Version
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought down to a piece of bread, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry.
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
35 he will not consider any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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Proverbs 7:4-27
Modern English Version
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your kinswoman,
5 that they may keep you from the immoral woman,
from the seductress who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7 and saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner;
and he went the way to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
in the black and dark night.
10 And there a woman met him,
with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 She is loud and stubborn;
her feet do not abide in her house.
12 Now she is without, now in the streets,
and lies in wait at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him;
and with an impudent face said to him:
14 “I have peace offerings with me;
this day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
let us solace ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he has taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed.”
21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
22 He went after her straightway,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 until a dart struck through his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
he did not know that it would cost him his life.
24 Listen to me now therefore, O children,
and attend to the words of my mouth:
25 do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
do not go astray in her paths;
26 for she has cast down many wounded,
and many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:4-27
21st Century King James Version
4 Say unto wisdom, “Thou art my sister,” and call understanding thy kinswoman,
5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the harlot who flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.
10 And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot and subtle of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house;
12 now is she outside, now in the streets and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him:
14 “I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently seeking thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with love.
19 For the master is not at home; he is gone on a long journey.
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.”
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 until a dart strike through his liver, as a bird hasteneth to the snare and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways; go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
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Proverbs 22:14
Modern English Version
14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
he who is detested by the Lord will fall therein.
Proverbs 22:14
21st Century King James Version
14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; he that is abhorred by the Lord shall fall therein.
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Proverbs 23:26-28
Modern English Version
Saying Eighteen
26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep ditch,
and a seductress is a narrow pit.
28 She also lies in wait as for a prey,
and increases the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 23:26-28
21st Century King James Version
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways;
27 for a whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Proverbs 30:20-23
Modern English Version
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman;
she eats and wipes her mouth,
and says, “I have done no wickedness.”
21 For three things the earth is disquieted,
and for four which it cannot bear:
22 for a servant when he reigns,
and a fool when he is filled with food,
23 for a hateful woman when she is married,
and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:20-23
21st Century King James Version
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, “I have done no wickedness.”
21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22 for a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled with meat,
23 for an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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Proverbs 31:3
Modern English Version
3 Do not give your strength to women,
nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3
21st Century King James Version
3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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