📖 Proverbs — Chapter 5 (KJV)
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Proverbs 5:1 My son, Rattend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that Rthy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3 For Rthe lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her Tmouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 5:4 But Rher end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:5 RHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs 5:6 Lest thou shouldest Rponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Proverbs 5:7 RHear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:8 RRemove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 5:9 RLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Proverbs 5:10 Lest Rstrangers be filled with Tthy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Proverbs 5:11 And Rthou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:12 And say, RHow have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Proverbs 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Proverbs 5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Proverbs 5:16 Let Rthy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Proverbs 5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and Rrejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs 5:19 Let her be Ras the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts Tsatisfy thee at all times; and Tbe thou ravished always with her love.
Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished Rwith a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be Rholden with the cords of his Tsins.
Proverbs 5:23 He Rshall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Proverbs 5:1–8 — Discern seductive promises
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The adulterous invitation tastes sweet at first but ends bitterly. Wisdom urges distance before temptation becomes entanglement.
Key Truth: Consider the end of temptation.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “My ____ , attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to …” (Proverbs 5:1)
Find it in Proverbs 5:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Her feet go down to ____ ; her steps take hold on hell.” (Proverbs 5:5)
Find it in Proverbs 5:5 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “____ thy way far from her, and come not nigh the …” (Proverbs 5:8)
Find it in Proverbs 5:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Proverbs 5:9–16 — The cost of rejected correction
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Lost honor and regret expose the consequences of despising instruction. Water imagery turns attention toward responsible stewardship of intimacy.
Key Truth: Receive correction before regret.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Lest thou give thine ____ unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:” (Proverbs 5:9)
Find it in Proverbs 5:9 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And have not ____ the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to …” (Proverbs 5:13)
Find it in Proverbs 5:13 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Let thy ____ be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.” (Proverbs 5:16)
Find it in Proverbs 5:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Proverbs 5:17–23 — Rejoice in faithful marriage
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Faithful marital delight contrasts with wandering desire. The Lord sees every path, and a person’s sins can become binding cords.
Key Truth: Honor faithful commitments.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Let them be ____ thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.” (Proverbs 5:17)
Find it in Proverbs 5:17 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And why wilt thou, my ____ , be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the …” (Proverbs 5:20)
Find it in Proverbs 5:20 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “He shall die without ____ ; and in the greatness of his folly he shall …” (Proverbs 5:23)
Find it in Proverbs 5:23 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is to be honored.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How can you strengthen faithfulness in a commitment?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does the opening appearance conceal the eventual outcome?
2. Why does the instruction require distance before entanglement?
3. What does the later regret identify as an earlier failure?
4. How does water imagery direct intimate delight?
5. How does divine sight expose the illusion of secrecy?
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