Proverbs 5:1

¹My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel.a

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Proverbs 5 is a father’s urgent warning to his son about the seductive danger of the “forbidden woman” — the adulteress whose words are smooth as honey but whose end is bitter as wormwood. The chapter contrasts the fleeting pleasure of illicit intimacy with the lasting satisfaction

References· Proverbs 5

a: v.1 — Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 4:20, Proverbs 2:1, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Mark 4:23, Revelation 3:13, Proverbs 4:1, James 1:19, Revelation 2:29
b: v.3 — Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Psalms 55:21, Proverbs 7:21, Revelation 17:2-6
c: v.15 — 1 Corinthians 7:2-5, Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 5:18-19
d: v.18 — Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14-15, Song of Solomon 4:15, Song of Solomon 4:12
e: v.21 — Hebrews 4:13, Proverbs 15:3, Job 34:21, Jeremiah 32:19, Jeremiah 16:17, Hosea 7:2, Jeremiah 23:24, Psalms 11:4, Job 31:4, Psalms 119:168

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