{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T06:30:27.084Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and'she knoweth it not."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 5 (ASV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 5](https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/5 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}