Proverbs 5:7-14
King James Version
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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Proverbs 5:7-14
English Standard Version
7 And (A)now, O sons, listen to me,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your (B)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you (C)groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (D)“How I hated discipline,
and my heart (E)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 (F)I am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”
Proverbs 5:7-14
New American Standard Bible
7 (A)Now then, my sons, listen to me
And (B)do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
8 (C)Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the (D)door of her house,
9 Otherwise you will give your vigor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
11 And you will groan [a]in [b]the end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12 And you say, “How I (E)hated instruction!
And my heart (F)disdainfully rejected rebuke!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my (G)teachers,
Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
14 I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Footnotes
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- Proverbs 5:11 Lit your end
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