Proverbs 5:1-8

New International Version

Warning Against Adultery

5 My son,^(A) pay attention to my wisdom,
    turn your ear to my words^(B) of insight,
²that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
³For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;^(C)
⁴but in the end she is bitter as gall,^(D)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
⁵Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.^(E)
⁶She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.^(F)

⁷Now then, my sons, listen^(G) to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
⁸Keep to a path far from her,^(H)
do not go near the door of her house,

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Proverbs 5:15-20

New International Version

¹⁵Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
¹⁶Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
¹⁸May your fountain^(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.^(B)
¹⁹A loving doe, a graceful deer^(C)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

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Proverbs 6:23-35

New International Version

²³For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,^(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,^(B)
²⁴keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.^(C)

²⁵Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.

²⁶For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.^(D)
²⁷Can a man scoop fire into his lap
    without his clothes being burned?
²⁸Can a man walk on hot coals
    without his feet being scorched?
²⁹So is he who sleeps^(E) with another man’s wife;^(F)
    no one who touches her will go unpunished.

³⁰People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
³¹Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,^(G)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
³²But a man who commits adultery^(H) has no sense;^(I)
    whoever does so destroys himself.
³³Blows and disgrace are his lot,
    and his shame will never^(J) be wiped away.

³⁴For jealousy^(K) arouses a husband’s fury,^(L)
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
³⁵He will not accept any compensation;
he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.^(M)