15Drink owater from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.
16Should your psprings be scattered abroad,
streams of water qin the streets?
17rLet them be for yourself alone,
and not for strangers with you.
18Let your ofountain be blessed,
and srejoice in tthe wife of your youth,
19a lovely udeer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts vfill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated4 always in her love.
20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with wa forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of wan adulteress?5
21For xa man's ways are ybefore the eyes of the Lord,
and he zponders6 all his paths.
22The ainiquities of the wicked bensnare him,
and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23cHe dies for lack of discipline,
and because of his great folly he is dled astray.
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The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
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The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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Warning against Adultery
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Wise Words
Unlocking Treasure in the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 1:1–31:31 Series • ID: 24301Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.