Verse 10
Proverbs 5:10
Free Bible Version
10
I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
Original Language Text
hebrew
פֶּֽן יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑/ךָ וַ֝/עֲצָבֶ֗י/ךָ בְּ/בֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי
English Translation
Lest foreigners eat your strength and your labors be in a foreign house.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
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My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen carefully as I explain what makes sense,
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For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smoo...
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She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave.
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She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
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Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.
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6
Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
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Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.
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Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.
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You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
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10
I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
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Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
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12
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
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Why should your springs be spilled outside, your streams of water poured out in the streets?
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Keep them for yourselves alone. They're not for you to share with strangers.
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May your spring of water be blessed, and may you enjoy the wife you married when you were young.
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May she be to you a loving deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts always be intoxicating to you; may...
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Why, my son, become intoxicated with an immoral woman? Why embrace the breasts of a woman who acts l...
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For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
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The wicked are trapped by their evil actions; the cords of their sins tie them up.
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They will die because they lack self-control, lost because of their great stupidity.
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