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Proverbs 5
Proverbs 5
English GNT (Good News Translation)
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My child, pay attention and listen to my wisdom and insight.
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Then you will know how to behave properly, and your words will show that you have knowledge.
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The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,
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but when it is all over, she leaves you nothing but bitterness and pain.
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She will take you down to the world of the dead; the road she walks is the road to death.
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She does not stay on the road to life; but wanders off, and does not realize what is happening.
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Now listen to me, sons, and never forget what I am saying.
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Keep away from such a woman! Don't even go near her door!
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If you do, others will gain the respect that you once had, and you will die young at the hands of merciless people.
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Yes, strangers will take all your wealth, and what you have worked for will belong to someone else.
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You will lie groaning on your deathbed, your flesh and muscles being eaten away,
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and you will say, “Why would I never learn? Why would I never let anyone correct me?
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I wouldn't listen to my teachers. I paid no attention to them.
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And suddenly I found myself publicly disgraced.”
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Be faithful to your own wife and give your love to her alone.
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Children that you have by other women will do you no good.
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Your children should grow up to help you, not strangers.
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So be happy with your wife and find your joy with the woman you married—
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pretty and graceful as a deer. Let her charms keep you happy; let her surround you with her love.
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Son, why should you give your love to another woman? Why should you prefer the charms of another man's wife?
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The Lord sees everything you do. Wherever you go, he is watching.
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The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.
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They die because they have no self-control. Their utter stupidity will send them to their graves.
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