Proverbs 5

¹My sonבְּ֭נִיbə·nî — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study →, pay attentionהַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhaq·šî·ḇāh — To listen attentively; to give heedH7181 — Full Word Study → to my wisdomלְחָכְמָתִ֣יlə·ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯî — Wisdom; skillful understanding and discernmentH2451 — Full Word Study →; inclineהַט־haṭ- — to stretch out, extend, incline, bendH5186 — Full Word Study → your earאָזְנֶֽךָ׃’ā·zə·ne·ḵā — Ear; the organ of hearing and listeningH241 — Full Word Study → to my insightלִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗יliṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯî — Prudent understanding; discernment and skillH8394 — Full Word Study →, ²that you may maintainלִשְׁמֹ֥רliš·mōr — To guard, keep, observe, preserveH8104 — Full Word Study → discretionמְזִמּ֑וֹתmə·zim·mō·wṯ — wicked plot, malicious scheme, or lustful intentionH4209 — Full Word Study → and your lipsשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָśə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study → may preserveיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yin·ṣō·rū — to guard, watch, keep, preserveH5341 — Full Word Study → knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתwə·ḏa·‘aṯ — Knowledge, understanding, awarenessH1847 — Full Word Study →. ³Thoughכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → the lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יśip̄·ṯê — Lips; edge, border, or shoreH8193 — Full Word Study → of the forbidden womanזָרָ֑הzā·rāh — to turn aside, be strange or foreignH2114 — Full Word Study → dripתִּ֭טֹּפְנָהtiṭ·ṭō·p̄ə·nāh — To drip, drop; to prophesyH5197 — Full Word Study → honeyנֹ֣פֶתnō·p̄eṯ — Honeycomb; honey in its natural formH5317 — Full Word Study → and her speechחִכָּֽהּ׃ḥik·kāh — palate; taste; speechH2441 — Full Word Study → is smoother than oilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmiš·še·men — Oil; ointment; fat; luxuryH8081 — Full Word Study →, ⁴in the endוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּwə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh — End, latter time, final outcomeH319 — Full Word Study → she is bitterמָרָ֣הmā·rāh — Bitter; marked by anguish or grievingH4751 — Full Word Study → as wormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הḵal·la·‘ă·nāh — Wormwood; a bitter plant or bitter substanceH3939 — Full Word Study →, sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הḥad·dāh — Sharp, keen, acuteH2299 — Full Word Study → as a double-edgedפִּיּֽוֹת׃pî·yō·wṯ — Mouth; lips; edge; openingH6310 — Full Word Study → swordכְּחֶ֣רֶבkə·ḥe·reḇ — sword; blade weaponH2719 — Full Word Study →. ⁵Her feetרַ֭גְלֶיהָraḡ·le·hā — Foot; by extension, journey, way, or standingH7272 — Full Word Study → go downיֹרְד֣וֹתyō·rə·ḏō·wṯ — To descend, go down, come downH3381 — Full Word Study → to deathמָ֑וֶתmā·weṯ — death, the state of being deadH4194 — Full Word Study →; her stepsצְעָדֶ֥יהָṣə·‘ā·ḏe·hā — a step, pace, or measured strideH6806 — Full Word Study → lead straight toיִתְמֹֽכוּ׃yiṯ·mō·ḵū — to grasp, hold, or sustainH8551 — Full Word Study → Sheolשְׁ֝א֗וֹלšə·ʾôl — The grave; the abode of the dead; the underworldH7585 — Full Word Study →. ⁶She does notפֶּן־pen- — lest, that not, for fear thatH6435 — Full Word Study → considerתְּפַלֵּ֑סtə·p̄al·lês — to weigh, consider, ponder carefullyH6424 — Full Word Study → the pathאֹ֣רַח’ō·raḥ — Way, path, or manner of travelingH734 — Full Word Study → of lifeחַ֭יִּיםḥay·yîm — alive, living, lifeH2416 — Full Word Study →; she does notלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → know thatתֵדָֽע׃פṯê·ḏā‘ — to know, understand, perceiveH3045 — Full Word Study → her waysמַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָma‘·gə·lō·ṯe·hā — Track, path, or course of travelH4570 — Full Word Study → are unstableנָע֥וּnā·‘ū — to shake, move back and forth, wanderH5128 — Full Word Study →. ⁷So nowוְעַתָּ֣הwə·‘at·tāh — Now; at the present timeH6258 — Full Word Study →, my sonsבָ֭נִיםḇā·nîm — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study →, listenשִׁמְעוּ־šim·‘ū- — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → to me, and do notוְאַל־wə·’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → turn asideתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּtā·sū·rū — to turn aside, depart, removeH5493 — Full Word Study → from the wordsמֵאִמְרֵי־mê·’im·rê- — Word, speech, saying, utteranceH561 — Full Word Study → of my mouthפִֽי׃p̄î — Mouth; lips; edge; openingH6310 — Full Word Study →. ⁸Keep your pathדַרְכֶּ֑ךָḏar·ke·ḵā — way, path, journey, conductH1870 — Full Word Study → farהַרְחֵ֣קhar·ḥêq — to be far, remove, distance oneselfH7368 — Full Word Study → from herמֵעָלֶ֣יהָmê·‘ā·le·hā — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study →; do notוְאַל־wə·’al- — do not; negative imperative particleH408 — Full Word Study → go nearתִּ֝קְרַ֗בtiq·raḇ — to approach, draw near, come forwardH7126 — Full Word Study → the doorפֶּ֥תַחpe·ṯaḥ — doorway, entrance, openingH6607 — Full Word Study → of her houseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bê·ṯāh — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study →, ⁹lestפֶּן־pen- — lest, that not, for fear thatH6435 — Full Word Study → you concedeתִּתֵּ֣ןtit·tên — to give, grant, or bestowH5414 — Full Word Study → your vigorהוֹדֶ֑ךָhō·w·ḏe·ḵā — Splendor, majesty, honor, and gloryH1935 — Full Word Study → to othersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla·’ă·ḥê·rîm — another, different, or following person or thingH312 — Full Word Study →, and your yearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָū·šə·nō·ṯe·ḵā — Year; period of time or ageH8141 — Full Word Study → to one who is cruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃lə·’aḵ·zā·rî — cruel, ruthless, fierceH394 — Full Word Study →; ¹⁰lestפֶּֽן־pen- — lest, that not, for fear thatH6435 — Full Word Study → strangersזָרִ֣יםzā·rîm — to turn aside, be strange or foreignH2114 — Full Word Study → feastיִשְׂבְּע֣וּyiś·bə·‘ū — to satisfy, fill, have enoughH7646 — Full Word Study → on your wealthכֹּחֶ֑ךָkō·ḥe·ḵā — Strength, power, might, or abilityH3581 — Full Word Study →, and your laborsוַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָwa·‘ă·ṣā·ḇe·ḵā — Labor, toil, or painful sorrow; idolH6089 — Full Word Study → enrich the house of a foreignerנָכְרִֽי׃nā·ḵə·rî — foreign, alien, strangerH5237 — Full Word Study →. ¹¹At the end of your lifeבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā — End, latter time, final outcomeH319 — Full Word Study → you will groanוְנָהַמְתָּ֥wə·nā·ham·tā — to groan, roar, or moanH5098 — Full Word Study → when your fleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗bə·śā·rə·ḵā — Flesh; body; meat; human natureH1320 — Full Word Study → and your bodyוּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ū·šə·’ê·re·ḵā — Flesh; kinship; blood relativeH7607 — Full Word Study → are spentבִּכְל֥וֹתbiḵ·lō·wṯ — to finish, complete, or bring to an endH3615 — Full Word Study →, ¹²and you will sayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗wə·’ā·mar·tā — to say, speak, declareH559 — Full Word Study →, “Howאֵ֭יךְ’êḵ — How? In what way? Where?H349 — Full Word Study → I hatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיśā·nê·ṯî — to hate, despise, regard with hostilityH8130 — Full Word Study → disciplineמוּסָ֑רmū·sār — Discipline, instruction, or correctionH4148 — Full Word Study →, and my heartלִבִּֽי׃lib·bî — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → despisedנָאַ֥ץnā·’aṣ — To spurn, reject, or treat with contemptH5006 — Full Word Study → reproofוְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתwə·ṯō·w·ḵa·ḥaṯ — Rebuke, correction, reproofH8433 — Full Word Study →! ¹³I did notוְֽלֹא־wə·lō·šā- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → listenשָׁ֭מַעְתִּיšā·maʿ·tî — to hear, listen, obeyH8085 — Full Word Study → to the voiceבְּק֣וֹלbə·qō·wl — voice, sound, or cryH6963 — Full Word Study → of my teachersמוֹרָ֑יmō·w·rāy — early rain; teacher; instructionH4175 — Full Word Study → or inclineהִטִּ֥יתִיhiṭ·ṭî·ṯî — to stretch out, extend, incline, bendH5186 — Full Word Study → my earאָזְנִֽי׃’ā·zə·nî — Ear; the organ of hearing and listeningH241 — Full Word Study → to my mentorsוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יwə·lim·lam·mə·ḏay — To learn; to teach; to become accustomedH3925 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁴I amהָיִ֣יתִיhā·yî·ṯî — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → on the brinkכִּ֭מְעַטkim·‘aṭ — A small amount; little; fewH4592 — Full Word Study → of utterבְכָל־ḇə·ḵāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → ruinרָ֑עrā‘ — evil, bad, harm, disasterH7451 — Full Word Study → in the midstבְּת֖וֹךְbə·ṯō·wḵ — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → of the whole assemblyקָהָ֣לqā·hāl — Assembly, congregation, gathering of peopleH6951 — Full Word Study →.” ¹⁵Drinkשְׁתֵה־šə·ṯêh- — to drink; consume liquidH8354 — Full Word Study → waterמַ֥יִםma·yim — Water; liquid; fluidsH4325 — Full Word Study → from your own cisternמִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmib·bō·w·re·ḵā — Pit, cistern, or dungeon; a deep holeH953 — Full Word Study →, and running waterוְ֝נֹזְלִ֗יםwə·nō·zə·lîm — To flow, stream, or pour outH5140 — Full Word Study → fromמִתּ֥וֹךְmit·tō·wḵ — midst, among, between, throughH8432 — Full Word Study → your own wellבְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃bə·’ê·re·ḵā — A deep hole or pit dug in the ground, typically for waterH875 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁶Why should your springsמַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָma‘·yə·nō·ṯe·ḵā — Natural spring or fountain of waterH4599 — Full Word Study → flowיָפ֣וּצוּyā·p̄ū·ṣū — to scatter, disperse, or break apartH6327 — Full Word Study → in the streetsח֑וּצָהḥū·ṣāh — Outside, exterior, or open space beyond a boundaryH2351 — Full Word Study →, your streamsפַּלְגֵי־pal·ḡê- — Stream, watercourse, or flowing water channelH6388 — Full Word Study → of waterמָֽיִם׃mā·yim — Water; liquid; fluidsH4325 — Full Word Study → in the public squaresבָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹתbā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ — public square, street, plazaH7339 — Full Word Study →? ¹⁷Let them beיִֽהְיוּ־yih·yū- — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → yours aloneלְבַדֶּ֑ךָlə·ḇad·de·ḵā — alone, apart, or bar/poleH905 — Full Word Study →, neverוְאֵ֖יןwə·’ên — nothing, nonexistence, absenceH369 — Full Word Study → to be sharedאִתָּֽךְ׃’it·tāḵ — with, together with, againstH854 — Full Word Study → with strangersלְזָרִ֣יםlə·zā·rîm — to turn aside, be strange or foreignH2114 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁸May your fountainמְקוֹרְךָ֥mə·qō·wr·ḵā — A spring, fountain, or source of waterH4726 — Full Word Study → beיְהִֽי־yə·hî- — to be, become, exist, happenH1961 — Full Word Study → blessedבָר֑וּךְḇā·rūḵ — to bless, kneel, praiseH1288 — Full Word Study →, and may you rejoiceוּ֝שְׂמַ֗חū·śə·maḥ — To rejoice, be glad, make merryH8055 — Full Word Study → in the wifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתmê·’ê·šeṯ — Woman; wife; femaleH802 — Full Word Study → of your youthנְעוּרֶֽךָ׃nə·‘ū·re·ḵā — Youth, young people, the state of being youngH5271 — Full Word Study →: ¹⁹A lovingאֲהָבִ֗ים’ă·hā·ḇîm — one who loves; loverH158 — Full Word Study → doeאַיֶּ֥לֶת’ay·ye·leṯ — female deer; hindH355 — Full Word Study →, a gracefulחֵ֥ןḥên — Favor, grace, or kindness shown to someoneH2580 — Full Word Study → fawnוְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־wə·ya·‘ă·laṯ- — female deer, doe, or gazelleH3280 — Full Word Study →— may her breastsדַּ֭דֶּיהָdad·de·hā — Breast; teat; source of nourishmentH1717 — Full Word Study → satisfy youיְרַוֻּ֣ךָyə·raw·wu·ḵā — To saturate, drench, or fully satisfyH7301 — Full Word Study → alwaysבְכָל־ḇə·ḵāl- — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study →; may you be captivatedתִּשְׁגֶּ֥הtiš·geh — to wander, stray, go astrayH7686 — Full Word Study → by her loveבְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯāh — Love, affection, devotionH160 — Full Word Study → foreverתָמִֽיד׃ṯā·mîḏ — continually, perpetually, alwaysH8548 — Full Word Study →. ²⁰Whyוְלָ֤מָּהwə·lām·māh — What? Why? How? (interrogative particle)H4100 — Full Word Study → be captivatedתִשְׁגֶּ֣הṯiš·geh — to wander, stray, go astrayH7686 — Full Word Study →, my sonבְנִ֣יḇə·nî — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study →, by an adulteressבְזָרָ֑הḇə·zā·rāh — to turn aside, be strange or foreignH2114 — Full Word Study →, or embraceוּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq — to embrace, clasp, or hold closelyH2263 — Full Word Study → the bosomחֵ֣קḥêq — Bosom; lap; embrace; inner chamberH2436 — Full Word Study → of a strangerנָכְרִיָּֽה׃nā·ḵə·rî·yāh — foreign, alien, strangerH5237 — Full Word Study →? ²¹Forכִּ֤יkî — because, since, that (conjunction/reason marker)H3588 — Full Word Study → a man’sאִ֑ישׁ’îš — man, male person, husbandH376 — Full Word Study → waysדַּרְכֵי־dar·ḵê- — way, path, journey, conductH1870 — Full Word Study → are beforeנֹ֨כַח׀nō·ḵaḥ — directly before, in front of, oppositeH5227 — Full Word Study → the eyesעֵינֵ֣י‘ê·nê — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → of the LORDיְ֭הוָהYah·weh — The LORD; God's covenant nameH3068 — Full Word Study →, and the LORD examines allוְֽכָל־wə·ḵāl — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → his pathsמַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יוma‘·gə·lō·ṯāw — Track, path, or course of travelH4570 — Full Word Study →. ²²The iniquitiesעַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יוʿa·wō·nō·ṯå̄w — Iniquity, guilt, or moral wrongdoingH5771 — Full Word Study → of a wicked manהָרָשָׁ֑עhā·rā·šā‘ — wicked, guilty, morally corruptH7563 — Full Word Study → entrap himיִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹyil·kə·ḏu·nōw — To capture, seize, or take hold ofH3920 — Full Word Study →; the cordsיִתָּמֵֽךְ׃yit·tā·mêḵ — to grasp, hold, or sustainH8551 — Full Word Study → of his sinחַ֝טָּאת֗וֹḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯōw — sin; sin offering; sinfulnessH2403 — Full Word Study → entangle himוּבְחַבְלֵ֥יū·ḇə·ḥaḇ·lê — Rope, cord, line; inheritance; pain, sorrowH2256 — Full Word Study →. ²³Heה֗וּאhū — He, she, it; the third person pronounH1931 — Full Word Study → diesיָ֭מוּתyā·mūṯ — to die; to put to death; to killH4191 — Full Word Study → for lackבְּאֵ֣יןbə·’ên — nothing, nonexistence, absenceH369 — Full Word Study → of disciplineמוּסָ֑רmū·sār — Discipline, instruction, or correctionH4148 — Full Word Study →, led astrayיִשְׁגֶּֽה׃פyiš·geh — to wander, stray, go astrayH7686 — Full Word Study → by his own greatוּבְרֹ֖בū·ḇə·rōḇ — Abundance, multitude, or great quantityH7230 — Full Word Study → follyאִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ’iw·wal·tōw — foolishness, senselessness, moral depravityH200 — Full Word Study →.