Proverbs 5:3-14

³Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey

and her speech is smoother than oil,

⁴in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

⁵Her feet go down to death;

her steps lead straight to Sheol.

⁶She does not consider the path of life;

she does not know that her ways are unstable.

⁷So now, my sons, listen to me,

and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

⁸Keep your path far from her;

do not go near the door of her house,

⁹lest you concede your vigor to others,

and your years to one who is cruel;

¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth,

and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

¹¹At the end of your life you will groan

when your flesh and your body are spent,

¹²and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

¹³I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my mentors.

¹⁴I am on the brink of utter ruin

in the midst of the whole assembly.”

— Proverbs 5:3-14

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Cross References for Proverbs 5:3-14

• Psalm 55:21
• Proverbs 2:16
• Proverbs 7:25
• Proverbs 12:1
• Ephesians 5:11
• Matthew 6:13
• Proverbs 13:20
• Ecclesiastes 7:26
• Proverbs 4:15
• Romans 6:21

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