Proverbs 5
Warning Against Adultery
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Parallel theme: Proverbs 2:1, 4:1, 4:20, 22:17, Mark 4:23, James 1:19, Revelation 2:11, 2:17, 3:13 +4
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Related: Song of Solomon 4:11. Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:21, 15:2, 15:7, 16:23, Psalms 45:2, 71:15, 119:13 +3
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Parallel theme: Proverbs 2:16, 6:24, 7:5, 7:21, Psalms 55:21
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Word: Psalms 55:21, 57:4, Hebrews 4:12. Parallel theme: Proverbs 9:18, Ecclesiastes 7:26
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Parallel theme: Proverbs 7:27
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:26, 5:21, 30:20, Psalms 16:11, 119:59
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:1
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:15, 7:25, Matthew 6:13, Ephesians 5:11
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Parallel theme: Nehemiah 13:26
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; Parallel theme: Proverbs 6:35, 31:3, Hosea 7:9
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, Parallel theme: Numbers 5:27, Romans 6:21, Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 22:15
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:7, 1:22, 1:25, 12:1, 13:18, 15:5, Genesis 19:9, Psalms 50:17, 73:22, Jeremiah 44:4 +5
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Parallel theme: Luke 15:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Hebrews 13:7
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Parallel theme: Proverbs 13:20
Drink Water from Your Own Cistern
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Parallel theme: Hebrews 13:4
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Parallel theme: Genesis 24:60, Deuteronomy 33:28, Judges 12:9, Psalms 68:26, 127:3, 128:3, Isaiah 48:21 +2
17 Let them be only thine own, and not 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. Related: Song of Solomon 2:9, 2:17, 4:5, 7:3, 8:14. Parallel theme: Proverbs 5:15
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Parallel theme: Proverbs 6:24, 7:5
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. References Lord: Proverbs 15:3, Psalms 11:4, Jeremiah 23:24. Parallel theme: Job 31:4, 34:21, Psalms 119:168, Jeremiah 16:17, 32:19, Hosea 7:2, Hebrews 4:13 +5
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Evil: Proverbs 11:5. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:18, Psalms 9:15
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:21, 14:14, 14:32, Job 4:21, 36:12, Psalms 81:12