The Tanakh

משלי ה׳Proverbs 5

Chapter 5 of 31 in Proverbs — 23 verses

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Total gematria: 49,221
Letters: 655
Words: 160
Verses: 23
Per word average: 307.63

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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;

Verse 11י״אStandard2,649

וְנָהַמְתָּ בְאַחֲרִיתֶךָ בִּכְלוֹת בְּשָׂרְךָ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ

And thou moan, when thine end cometh, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Verse 12י״בStandard2,768

וְֽאָמַרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׂנֵאתִי מוּסָר וְתוֹכַחַת נָאַץ לִבִּֽי

And say: ‘How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Verse 13י״גStandard1,944

וְֽלֹא־שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל מוֹרָי וְלִֽמְלַמְּדַי לֹא־הִטִּיתִי אָזְנִֽי

Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Verse 14י״דStandard1,544

כִּמְעַט הָיִיתִי בְכָל־רָע בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל וְעֵדָֽה

I was well nigh in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.’

Verse 15ט״וStandard1,895

שְׁתֵה־מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶךָ וְנֹזְלִים מִתּוֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

Verse 16ט״זStandard1,732

יָפוּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ חוּצָה בָּרְחֹבוֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם

Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, And courses of water in the streets.

Verse 17י״זStandard912

יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ לְבַדֶּךָ וְאֵין לְזָרִים אִתָּֽךְ

Let them be only thine own, And not strangers’with thee.

Verse 18י״חStandard2,060

יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ

Let thy fountain be blessed; And have joy of the wife of thy youth.

Verse 19י״טStandard3,431

אַיֶּלֶת אֲהָבִים וְֽיַעֲלַת־חֵן דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ בְכָל־עֵת בְּאַהֲבָתָהּ תִּשְׁגֶּה תָמִֽיד

A lovely hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; With her love be thou ravished always.

Verse 20כ׳Standard1,974

וְלָמָּה תִשְׁגֶּה בְנִי בְזָרָה וּתְחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּֽה

Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of an alien?

Verse 21כ״אStandard1,644

כִּי נֹכַח עֵינֵי יְהוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָיו מְפַלֵּֽס

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He maketh even all his paths.

Verse 22כ״בStandard2,602

עַֽווֹנוֹתָיו יִלְכְּדֻנוֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁע וּבְחַבְלֵי חַטָּאתוֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ

His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Verse 23כ״גStandard1,808

הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.