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Text -- Proverbs 5:1-9 (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,
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 · Sheol the place of the dead


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Young Men | Adultery | Women | Prostitute | Lasciviousness | Temptation | Remorse | Wormwood | Children | Flattery | Hell | Associations | WISDOM | Sword | Honey | Hemlock | BITTER; BITTERNESS | CRUEL; CRUELTY | PONDER | OIL | more
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NET Notes: Pro 5:1 Heb “incline your ear” (so NAB, NRSV); NLT “listen carefully.”

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...

NET Notes: Pro 5:3 Heb “her palate.” The word חֵךְ (khekh, “palate; roof of the mouth; gums”) is a metonymy of cause (= o...

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...

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.

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, &...

NET Notes: Pro 5:7 Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

NET Notes: Pro 5:8 There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near&...

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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