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Themes in Proverbs 5

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Themes in Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5:1 (show verse)

My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],
Incline your ear to my understanding;

Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
ears » Should » Be bowed down to instructions
Hearing » What to hear
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots

Proverbs 5:2 (show verse)

That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment),
And your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].

Discretion » General references to
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots

Proverbs 5:3 (show verse)

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Harlots » Warnings against
Honey » Illustrative of » Lips of a strange woman
Oil » Described as » Smooth
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Temptresses » strange women

Proverbs 5:4 (show verse)

But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

military Arms » Offensive: » Two-edged sword
Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Swords » Illustrative » Of the end of the wicked
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Temptresses » strange women
Wormwood » Figurative

Proverbs 5:5 (show verse)

Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Hell » The society of the wicked leads to
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Temptresses » strange women

Proverbs 5:6 (show verse)

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;
Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:7 (show verse)

Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:8 (show verse)

Let your way [in life] be far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:9 (show verse)

Or you will give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one,

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:10 (show verse)

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:11 (show verse)

And you will groan when your life is ending,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:12 (show verse)

And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline,
And my heart despised correction and reproof!

Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Instruction » Of children encouraged » Spiritual instruction despised
Rejection » Of Christ » Of spiritual instruction
Reproof » Despised
Reproof » Contempt of, leads to remorse
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:13 (show verse)

“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:14 (show verse)

“I was almost in total ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

Proverbs 5:15 (show verse)

Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship]

And fresh running water from your own well.

Cistern » Figurative
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Water » Figurative » Domestic love
Wells » Illustrative » (drinking from one's own,) of enjoyment of domestic happiness
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:16 (show verse)

Should your springs (children) be dispersed,
As streams of water in the streets?

Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:17 (show verse)

[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone,
And not the children of strangers with you.

Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:18 (show verse)

Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity],
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Duty » Daily » Husbands'
Fountains and springs » Illustrative » Of a good wife
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of husbands
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Husbands' duties
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:19 (show verse)

Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,
Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;
Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.

Animals » Names of » Deer
Deer » Gentleness of
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
The Heart » Female of » Kind and affectionate
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To be faithful to them
Marriage » The duties of a husband
The roe » Illustrative of » A good wife
The roe » Described as » Cheerful
Social duties » Compassion » Conjugal love
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:20 (show verse)

Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman
And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?

Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Purity » Sexual
Social duties » Brotherly love » Chastity
Whoredom » Not contributing to whoredom
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Proverbs 5:21 (show verse)

For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].

Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
God » Is declared to be » Omniscient
Heart » The lord looking upon the heart
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » All the ways of men are known to God
Knowledge » God's » All the ways of men are known to God
Man » The ways of man
Man » God » Orders the goings of
Seeing » The eyes of the lord
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Ways » God's » Known
Ways » The ways of man

Proverbs 5:22 (show verse)

The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Bondage, spiritual » General references to the bondage of sin
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
Rope » Figurative » Of temptations
Sin » General references to the bondage of sin
Spiritual » Physical inflicted physical healed » Bondage
Straying » Who strays from the right path
The wicked » Devices of » Fate of

Proverbs 5:23 (show verse)

He will die for lack of instruction (discipline),
And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.

death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Straying » Who strays from the right path
The wicked » Death of