nkjv Proverbs:5:3-23 SEEK
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For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey ,
And her mouth is smoother than oil ;
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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood ,
Sharp as a two-edged sword .
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Her feet go down to death ,
Her steps lay hold of hell .
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Lest you ponder her path of life --
Her ways are unstable ;
You do not know them .
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Therefore hear me now ,
my children ,
And do not depart from the words of my mouth .
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Remove your way far from her ,
And do not go near the door of her house ,
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Lest you give your honor to others ,
And your years to the cruel one ;
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Lest aliens be filled with your wealth ,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner ;
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And you mourn at last ,
When your flesh and your body are consumed ,
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And say : "
How I have hated instruction ,
And my heart despised correction !
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I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers ,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me !
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I was on the verge of total ruin ,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation ."
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Drink water from your own cistern ,
And running water from your own well .
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Should your fountains be dispersed abroad ,
Streams of water in the streets ?
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Let them be only your own ,
And not for strangers with you .
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Let your fountain be blessed ,
And rejoice with the wife of your youth .
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As a loving deer and a graceful doe ,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times ;
And always be enraptured with her love .
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For why should you ,
my son ,
be enraptured by an immoral woman ,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress ?
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD ,
And He ponders all his paths .
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His own iniquities entrap the wicked man ,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin .
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He shall die for lack of instruction ,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray .