Proverbs 5:1-14 NKJV


Proverbs 5:1-14 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding,

That you may preserve discretion, And your lips may keep knowledge.

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.

Lest you ponder her path of life--Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.

Therefore hear me now, my children, And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

Remove your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,

Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

Lest aliens be filled with your wealth, And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

And you mourn a last, When your flesh and your body are consumed.

And say; "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!

I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Not inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

I was on the verge of total ruin, In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

Malachi 2:1-9 "And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.

If you will not hear, And if you will no take it to heart, To give glory to My name," Says the LORD of hosts, "I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.

"Behold, I will rebuke your descendants And spread refuse on your faces, The refuse of your solemn feasts; And one will take you away with it.

Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, That My covenant with Levi may continue," Says the LORD of hosts.

"My covenant was with him, one of life and peace, And I gave them to him that he might fear Me; So he feared Me And was reverent before My name.

The law of truth was in his mouth, And injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and equity, And turned many away from iniquity.

For the lips of a priest should keep knowledge, And people should seek the law from his mouth; For he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

But you have departed from the way; You have caused many to stumble at the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," Says the LORD of hosts.

"Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base Before all the people, Because you have not kept My ways But have shown partiality in the law."

Proverbs 2:11-22 Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you;

To deliver you form the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things,

From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;

Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;

To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

Who forsakes the companion of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.

For her house leads down to death, And her paths to the dead;

None who go to her return, Nor do they regain the paths of life--

So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.

For the upright will dwell in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;

But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.