Redeemer Community Church

Proverbs 5:1–5 (Listen)

Warning Against Adultery

5:1   My son, be attentive to my wisdom;
    incline your ear to my understanding,
2   that you may keep discretion,
    and your lips may guard knowledge.
3   For the lips of a forbidden¹ woman drip honey,
    and her speech² is smoother than oil,
4   but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.
5   Her feet go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to³ Sheol;

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