Proverbs 5
1My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
2That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
13"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
14"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.
22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
Proverbs 5 (New American Standard Bible)
1My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;
2That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.
3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
9Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
11And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
12And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
13"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
14"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
15Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
16Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
17Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you.
18Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
20For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.
22His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
23He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
Proverbs 5 (New American Standard Bible)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Thought on Proverbs 4 by Mona
What a whirlwind life is... I really wanted to do 1 chapter a week I guess that hasn't happened. But it is not about what I thought would happen it is about God's time. I have read Chapter 4 several times in different translations and it seems very simular to the first three chapters that we have studied and everytime I read it I pray that God will open my eyes to something. Today I prayed the same prayer and printed out The Message and NIV. As I read them nothing was standing out and I questioned if I was reading one of the earlier chapters. I double checked and was where I needed to be. Again nothing stood out to me. In the first 3 chapters sooo much leaped out of the page at me today again nothing in fact it all sounds the same as the first 3 chapters I have read out of Proverbs. As I was pondering how come I felt like this it hit me... That it sounds so simple and we think we got it all together as a Christian/Person that if we really examine our lives we need so much help and reminders it is NOT the way we think it is. As a parent I feel like I have to say the same things over and over again. And if with saying it so many times my kids still make the same mistakes over and over again. I guess that we are not very different when it comes to our Father. He has to tell us the same things over and over again and sometimes we still don't get it. So He tries to tell us in another way again to try and help us get it. My need to hear things over and over again with hopes of getting it someday! I guess what I am trying to say is that we are all a Christians in need of a little reminding of some of the things that we need to work on. It is not always the big stuff it is the everyday stuff that we need to focus on. So I guess what I get out of Chapter 4 is you still need to make good/healthy choices everyday/every minute. To me my mom used to say if you take care of your pennies the dollars will take care of themselves. So if we take care of the small daily choices we will be in better practice for the big choices. What will you choose today?
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