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Text -- Proverbs 5:1-12 (NET)
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Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil
5:1 My child , be attentive to my wisdom , pay close attention to my understanding ,
5:2 in order to safeguard discretion , and that your lips may guard knowledge .
5:3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey , and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil ,
5:4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood , sharp as a two-edged sword .
5:5 Her feet go down to death ; her steps lead straight to the grave .
5:6 Lest she should make level the path leading to life , her paths are unstable but she does not know it.
5:7 So now , children , listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak .
5:8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house ,
5:9 lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
5:10 lest strangers devour your strength , and your labor benefit another man’s house .
5:11 And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away .
5:12 And you will say , “How I hated discipline ! My heart spurned reproof !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Young Men |
Adultery |
Women |
Prostitute |
Lasciviousness |
Temptation |
Remorse |
Wisdom |
Wormwood |
Children |
BITTER; BITTERNESS |
Self-condemnation |
Sword |
Hemlock |
Honey |
CRUEL; CRUELTY |
Flattery |
PONDER |
OIL |
Dress |
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NET Notes: Pro 5:2 This “discretion” is the same word in 1:4; it is wise, prudential consideration, careful planning, or the ability to devise plans with a v...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:3 Heb “her palate.” The word חֵךְ (khekh, “palate; roof of the mouth; gums”) is a metonymy of cause (= o...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:4 The Hebrew has “like a sword of [two] mouths,” meaning a double-edged sword that devours/cuts either way. There is no movement without dam...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:5 The terms death and grave could be hyperbolic of a ruined life, but probably refer primarily to the mortal consequences of a life of debauchery.
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NET Notes: Pro 5:6 The sadder part of the description is that this woman does not know how unstable her life is, or how uneven. However, Thomas suggests that it means, &...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:8 There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near&...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:9 The term הוֹד (hod, “vigor; splendor; majesty”) in this context means the best time of one’s life (cf. NIV &...
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NET Notes: Pro 5:10 The term “benefit” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
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