{"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/erv/proverbs/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:30:44.560Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 her latter 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":"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 honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours 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 congregation and assembly."},{"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 rivers 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 stranger?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 5](https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}