{"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/web/proverbs/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:52:52.675Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and say, |How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 5 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 5](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/5 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}