{"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/dbt/proverbs/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:47.747Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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 keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"but her end 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":"Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And now, children, 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 honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth 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 want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 5 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 5](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/5 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}