Proverbs 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- זוּרzûwrH21144× in this chapter
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- פֵּןpênH64353× in this chapter
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
- שָׁגָהshâgâhH76863× in this chapter
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2412× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- אַחֲרִיתʼachărîythH3192× in this chapter
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- אַלʼalH4082× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- מוּסָרmûwçârH41482× in this chapter
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מַעְגָּלmaʻgâlH45702× in this chapter
a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- נָטָהnâṭâhH51862× in this chapter
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
- נׇכְרִיnokrîyH52372× in this chapter
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
- פֶּהpehH63102× in this chapter
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
- פָּלַסpâlaçH64242× in this chapter
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- שָׂפָהsâphâhH81932× in this chapter
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84322× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- תָּמַךְtâmakH85512× in this chapter
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
- בָרַךְbârakH12881× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13201× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- אַהַבʼahabH1581× in this chapter
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
- אַהֲבָהʼahăbâhH1601× in this chapter
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
- דַּדdadH17171× in this chapter
the breast (as the seat of love, or from its shape)
- דַּעַתdaʻathH18471× in this chapter
knowledge
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הוֹדhôwdH19351× in this chapter
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
- אִוֶּלֶתʼivvelethH2001× in this chapter
silliness
- חֶבֶלchebelH22561× in this chapter
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
- חָבַקchâbaqH22631× in this chapter
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
- חַדchadH22991× in this chapter
sharp
- חוּץchûwtsH23511× in this chapter
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- חַטָּאָהchaṭṭâʼâhH24031× in this chapter
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively