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Proverbs 5 (CEV)

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¹ My son, if you listen closely to my wisdom and good sense, ² you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say. ³ The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil. ⁴ But all that you really get from being with her is bitter poison and pain. ⁵ If you follow her, she will lead you down to the world of the dead. ⁶ She has missed the path that leads to life and doesn't even know it. ⁷ My son, listen to me and do everything I say. ⁸ Stay away from a bad woman! Don't even go near the door of her house. ⁹ You will lose your self-respect and end up in debt to some cruel person for the rest of your life. ¹⁰ Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for. ¹¹ When it's all over, your body will waste away, as you groan ¹² and shout, "I hated advice and correction! ¹³ I paid no attention to my teachers, ¹⁴ and now I am disgraced in front of everyone." ¹⁵ You should be faithful to your wife, just as you take water from your own well. ¹⁶ And don't be like a stream from which just any woman may take a drink. ¹⁷ Save yourself for your wife and don't have sex with other women. ¹⁸ Be happy with the wife you married when you were young. ¹⁹ She is beautiful and graceful, just like a deer; you should be attracted to her and stay deeply in love. ²⁰ Don't go crazy over a woman who is unfaithful to her own husband! ²¹ The LORD sees everything, and he watches us closely. ²² Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds. ²³ They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control.