A Stroll Through Proverbs: Proverbs 5:1-5:2 & 5:3-5:6

Proverbs 5:1-5:2 

1 “^(a)My son, attend [give heed] unto my wisdom, and bow [incline, extend] thine ear to my understanding:

            ^(a)Proverbs 4:20

2 That thou mayest regard [preserve] discretion, and that thy lips may ^(a)keep [constantly preserve] knowledge.”

   ^(a)Malachi 2:7

Proverbs 5:3-5:6 - "Immorality Warning"

3 “^(a)For the lips of a strange [immoral, woman of folly (contrast to wisdom)] woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is ^(b)smoother than oil:

            ^(a)Proverbs 5:20, 7:5; ^(b)Psalm 55:2, Proverbs 12:16

4 ^(a)But {her end is ^(b)bitter} as wormwood, sharp ^(c)as a two-edged sword.

            ^(a)Psalm 57:4; {in the end she is bitter}; ^(b)Ecclesiastes 7:26; ^(c)Hebrews 4:12

5 Her feet go down ^(a)to death; ^(b)her steps take hold on hell [He Sheol].

            ^(a)Hebrews 13:4; ^(b)Proverbs 2:18, 7:27

6 ^(a)Lest thou shouldest ponder [reflect] the path of life [her life], her ways are moveable [unstable], that thou canst not know them.”

            ^(a)2 Peter 2:14