Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
My son, attend
unto
my wisdom; Incline thine
ear to my understanding:
My son, pay
attention
to
my wisdom; incline your
ear to my insight,
That thou
mayest
preserve
discretion ,
And that
thy
lips may keep
knowledge.
that you
may
maintain
discretion and your
lips may preserve
knowledge.
For
the lips of a
strange
woman drop
honey ,
And her mouth
is smoother than oil :
Though
the lips of the
forbidden
woman drip
honey and her speech
is smoother than oil ,
But
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two
-edged sword.
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double
-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take
hold
on
Sheol ;
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead
straight
to
Sheol .
So
that
she findeth
not the level
path of life :
Her ways are unstable ,
`and'
she
knoweth
`it'
not
.
She does
not consider
the path of life ;
she
does
not
know
that
her ways are unstable.
Now therefore
, `
my '
sons, hearken
unto
me, And depart
not from the words of my mouth.
So
now, my sons, listen
to
me, and do
not turn
aside
from the words of my mouth.
Remove
thy
way
far from her ,
And
come
not nigh
the door of her house ;
Keep
your
path
far from her ;
do
not go
near
the door of her house ,
Lest thou
give
thine
honor
unto
others, And thy
years unto
the
cruel;
lest you
concede
your
vigor
to
others, and your
years to
one
who
is
cruel;
Lest strangers be
filled
with
thy
strength
, And thy
labors `be'
in
the house of an
alien,
lest strangers feast
on
your
wealth
, and your
labors enrich
the house of a
foreigner.
And
thou
mourn
at thy
latter
end ,
When thy
flesh and thy
body are consumed
,
At the
end of
your
life
you
will
groan
when your
flesh and your
body are spent
,
And say, How have
I hated instruction
, And my heart despised reproof ;
and you
will
say, “
How I hated discipline
, and my heart despised reproof !
Neither
have
I obeyed
the voice of my teachers ,
Nor
inclined
mine
ear to them
that
instructed
me!
I did
not
listen
to
the voice of my teachers or
incline
my
ear to my
mentors.
I was
well-nigh
in
all
evil
In the midst of the assembly and
congregation
.
I am
on
the
brink
of
utter
ruin
in the midst of the whole
assembly. ”
Drink waters
out
of
thine
own cistern, And running waters
out
of
thine
own well.
Drink water
from
your
own cistern, and running water
from
your
own well.
Should thy
springs be
dispersed
abroad
, And
streams of water in the streets
?
Why
should your
springs flow
in
the
streets
, your
streams of water in the public
squares
?
Let them be for
thyself
alone, And
not
for
strangers
with thee
.
Let them be yours
alone, never
to
be
shared
with strangers
.
Let
thy
fountain be blessed ;
And rejoice in the wife of thy
youth .
May
your
fountain be blessed ,
and may
you
rejoice in the wife of your
youth :
`As'
a loving hind
and
a
pleasant
doe, Let
her breasts satisfy thee
at
all
times
; And
be thou
ravished
always
with
her love.
A loving doe, a
graceful
fawn—
may
her breasts satisfy you
always
; may
you
be captivated
by
her love forever
.
For
why shouldest
thou
, my son, be
ravished
with
a
strange
woman
, And
embrace the bosom of a foreigner
?
Why be
captivated
, my son, by
an
adulteress
, or
embrace the bosom of a stranger
?
For the
ways of
man
are before the eyes of Jehovah;
And he
maketh
level
all his paths.
For a
man’s
ways are before the eyes of the
LORD,
and the
LORD
examines
all his paths.
His
own
iniquities
shall
take
the wicked ,
And
he
shall
be
holden
with
the cords of his sin.
The iniquities
of
a
wicked man
entrap
him;
the cords of his sin entangle
him
.
He shall
die
for lack of instruction;
And
in
the
greatness
of
his folly he
shall
go
astray
.
He dies
for lack of discipline,
led
astray
by
his own
great
folly.
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