{"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/kjv/proverbs/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:43:05.719Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, <i>and</i> bow thine ear to my understanding:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"That thou mayest regard discretion, and <i>that</i> thy lips may keep knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the lips of a strange woman drop <i>as</i> an honeycomb, and her mouth <i>is</i> smoother than oil:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, <i>that</i> thou canst not know <i>them</i>."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Hear me now therefore, O ye children, 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 thy labours <i>be</i> in the house of a stranger;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And thou mourn at the last, 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":"And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I was almost 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":"Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, <i>and</i> rivers of waters in the streets."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"<i>Let her be as</i> the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the ways of man <i>are</i> before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/5 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}