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Themes in Proverbs 5

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Themes in Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5:1 (show verse)

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen closely 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)

so that you may maintain discretion
and your lips safeguard knowledge.

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)

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are 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)

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-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 head straight for Sheol.

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)

She doesn’t consider the path of life;
she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

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)

So now, my sons, listen to me,
and don’t turn away from 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)

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

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)

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;

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)

strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.

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)

At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been 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 will say, “How I hated discipline,
and how my heart despised correction.

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 didn’t obey my teachers
or listen closely to my mentors.

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 am on the verge of complete ruin
before the entire community.”

Proverbs 5:15 (show verse)

Drink water from your own cistern,
water flowing 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 flow in the streets,
streams of water in the public squares?

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)

They should be for you alone
and not for you to share with strangers.

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 be blessed,
and take pleasure 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)

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—
let her breasts always satisfy you;
be lost in her love forever.

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, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?

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 a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.

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)

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own 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 because there is no discipline,
and be lost because of his great stupidity.

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