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            Warning against adultery

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom.  Listen carefully to my words of wisdom.  Proverbs 5: 1

2 So that you may maintain discretion and so that you may speak wisely.  Proverbs 5: 2

3 A foreign woman is sweeter than honey, and her lips are sweeter than oil.  Proverbs 5: 3

4 But in the end, it will only bring bitterness and sorrow.  It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword!  Proverbs 5: 4

5 His feet are going to death.  His feet are leading to the grave.  Proverbs 5: 5

6 Don’t follow him!  She has left the right path and doesn’t even know it!  Be careful!  Follow the path that leads to life.  Proverbs 5: 6

7 And now, my sons, listen to me.  Don’t forget the words I say.  Proverbs 5: 7

8 Stay away from the way she goes, don’t even come near her door.  Proverbs 5: 8

9 Otherwise you will give your honor to someone else and your life to an oppressor.  Proverbs 5: 9

10 And strangers shall spend thy wealth, and the fruit of thy labors shall be enjoyed by the house of a stranger.  Proverbs 5:10

11 As soon as the end of your life comes, you will groan when your body is destroyed.  Proverbs 5:11

12 Then you will say, “As I hated to be disciplined: as I hated to be rebuked.”  Proverbs 5:12

13 I have not hearkened unto the voice of my lord, neither have I hearkened unto my teachers.  Proverbs 5:13

14 Now I am almost completely destroyed, in front of the whole world. ”  Proverbs 5:14

15 Drink water from your own well.  And don’t let your water flow into the streets.  Proverbs 5:15

16 You must have sex only with your wife.  Don’t be the father of children outside your home.  Proverbs 5:16

17 Your children should be yours alone.  You should not share them with people outside your home.  Proverbs 5:17

18 Blessed be your wife, and rejoice in the wife you married when you were young.  Proverbs 5:18

19 She is like a beautiful deer, like a lovely deer.  Let her breasts satisfy you and may her love always make you happy!  Proverbs 5:19

20 My son, why are you mistaken for a foreign woman?  Why do you hug a foreign woman?  Proverbs 5:20

21 The Lord watches every step of a person and weighs all his actions.  Proverbs 5:21

22 The works of the wicked entangle him; he is bound with his own sins, as with a rope.  Proverbs 5:22

23 A wicked man dieeth because of his iniquity: and his foolishness deceiveth him.  Proverbs 5:23