The Tanakh
משלי ה׳Proverbs 5
Chapter 5 of 31 in Proverbs — 23 verses
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- 307.63
Verse 1א׳Standard1,982
בְּנִי לְחָכְמָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה לִתְבוּנָתִי הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding;
Verse 2ב׳Standard2,709
לִשְׁמֹר מְזִמּוֹת וְדַעַת שְׂפָתֶיךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Verse 3ג׳Standard2,713
כִּי נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵי זָרָה וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּֽהּ
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,793
וְֽאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַֽלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּֽוֹת
But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Verse 5ה׳Standard2,306
רַגְלֶיהָ יֹרְדוֹת מָוֶת שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on the nether-world;
Verse 6ו׳Standard2,166
אֹרַח חַיִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּס נָעוּ מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ לֹא תֵדָֽע
Lest she should walk the even path of life, Her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
Verse 7ז׳Standard2,129
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְאַל־תָּסוּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי
Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
Verse 8ח׳Standard2,387
הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל־תִּקְרַב אֶל־פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
Verse 9ט׳Standard2,358
פֶּן־תִּתֵּן לַאֲחֵרִים הוֹדֶךָ וּשְׁנֹתֶיךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי
Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
Verse 10י׳Standard1,715
פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּעוּ זָרִים כֹּחֶךָ וַעֲצָבֶיךָ בְּבֵית נָכְרִֽי
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labours be in the house of an alien;
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.