Proverbs 5:22
Proverbs · משלי · Ketuvim · 31 chapters · 915 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (7 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
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?
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.
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.
הוּא יָמוּת בְּאֵין מוּסָר וּבְרֹב אִוַּלְתּוֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
בְּנִי אִם־עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶךָ תָּקַעְתָּ לַזָּר כַּפֶּֽיךָ
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, If thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger—