Lockman - Bible questions and answers

		Prov 5:1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience], Incline your ear to my understanding; [1 Kin 4:29]
		Prov 5:2 That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment), And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].
		Prov 5:3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil; [Ezek 20:30; Col 2:8-10; 2 Pet 2:14-17]
		Prov 5:4 But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
		Prov 5:5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
		Prov 5:6 So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life; Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.
		Prov 5:7 ¶ Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.
		Prov 5:8 Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation], [Prov 4:15; Rom 16:17; 1 Thess 5:19-22]
		Prov 5:9 Or you will give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one,
		Prov 5:10 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];
		Prov 5:11 And you will groan when your life is ending, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
		Prov 5:12 And you say, "How I hated instruction and discipline, And my heart despised correction and reproof!
		Prov 5:13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.
		Prov 5:14 "I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
		Prov 5:15 ¶ Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.
		Prov 5:16 Should your springs (children) be dispersed, As streams of water in the streets?
		Prov 5:17 [Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone, And not the children of strangers with you.
		Prov 5:18 Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], And rejoice in the wife of your youth. [Song 4:12, 15]
		Prov 5:19 Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe, Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times; Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.
		Prov 5:20 Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?
		Prov 5:21 For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the LORD, And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings]. [2 Chr 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov 15:3; Jer 16:17; Hos 7:2; Heb 4:13]
		Prov 5:22 The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
		Prov 5:23 He will die for lack of instruction (discipline), And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

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