| 5:1 | My son <01121>, attend <07181> (8685) unto my wisdom <02451>, [and] bow <05186> (8685) thine ear <0241> to my understanding <08394>: |
| 5:2 | That thou mayest regard <08104> (8800) discretion <04209>, and [that] thy lips <08193> may keep <05341> (8799) knowledge <01847>. |
| 5:3 | For the lips <08193> of a strange woman <02114> (8801) drop <05197> (8799) [as] an honeycomb <05317>, and her mouth <02441> [is] smoother <02509> than oil <08081>: {mouth: Heb. palate} |
| 5:4 | But her end <0319> is bitter <04751> as wormwood <03939>, sharp <02299> as a twoedged <06310> sword <02719>. |
| 5:5 | Her feet <07272> go down <03381> (8802) to death <04194>; her steps <06806> take hold <08551> (8799) on hell <07585>. |
| 5:6 | Lest thou shouldest ponder <06424> (8762) the path <0734> of life <02416>, her ways <04570> are moveable <05128> (8804), [that] thou canst not know <03045> (8799) [them]. |
| 5:7 | Hear <08085> (8798) me now therefore, O ye children <01121>, and depart <05493> (8799) not from the words <0561> of my mouth <06310>. |
| 5:8 | Remove <07368> (0) thy way <01870> far <07368> (8685) from her, and come not nigh <07126> (8799) the door <06607> of her house <01004>: |
| 5:9 | Lest thou give <05414> (8799) thine honour <01935> unto others <0312>, and thy years <08141> unto the cruel <0394>: |
| 5:10 | Lest strangers <02114> (8801) be filled <07646> (8799) with thy wealth <03581>; and thy labours <06089> [be] in the house <01004> of a stranger <05237>; {thy wealth: Heb. thy strength} |
| 5:11 | And thou mourn <05098> (8804) at the last <0319>, when thy flesh <01320> and thy body <07607> are consumed <03615> (8800), |
| 5:12 | And say <0559> (8804), How have I hated <08130> (8804) instruction <04148>, and my heart <03820> despised <05006> (8804) reproof <08433>; |
| 5:13 | And have not obeyed <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of my teachers <03384> (8688), nor inclined <05186> (8689) mine ear <0241> to them that instructed <03925> (8764) me! |
| 5:14 | I was almost <04592> in all evil <07451> in the midst <08432> of the congregation <06951> and assembly <05712>. |
| 5:15 | Drink <08354> (8798) waters <04325> out of thine own cistern <0953>, and running waters <05140> (8802) out of <08432> thine own well <0875>. |
| 5:16 | Let thy fountains <04599> be dispersed <06327> (8799) abroad <02351>, [and] rivers <06388> of waters <04325> in the streets <07339>. |
| 5:17 | Let them be only thine own, and not strangers <02114> (8801)' with thee. |
| 5:18 | Let thy fountain <04726> be blessed <01288> (8803): and rejoice <08055> (8798) with the wife <0802> of thy youth <05271>. |
| 5:19 | [Let her be as] the loving <0158> hind <0365> and pleasant <02580> roe <03280>; let her breasts <01717> satisfy <07301> (8762) thee at all times <06256>; and be thou ravished <07686> (8799) always <08548> with her love <0160>. {satisfy...: Heb. water thee} {be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love} |
| 5:20 | And why wilt thou, my son <01121>, be ravished <07686> (8799) with a strange woman <02114> (8801), and embrace <02263> (8762) the bosom <02436> of a stranger <05237>? |
| 5:21 | For the ways <01870> of man <0376> [are] before <05227> the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, and he pondereth <06424> (8764) all his goings <04570>. |
| 5:22 | His own iniquities <05771> shall take <03920> (8799) the wicked <07563> himself, and he shall be holden <08551> (8735) with the cords <02256> of his sins <02403>. {sins: Heb. sin} |
| 5:23 | He shall die <04191> (8799) without instruction <04148>; and in the greatness <07230> of his folly <0200> he shall go astray <07686> (8799). |
Amsal 5 - AV with Strong Numbers
