31 Day Bible Read (Proverbs 5) date: 9/5/21

<p>I will be reading the book of proverbs for 31 days. Proverbs 5 New International Version</p> <h3>Warning Against Adultery</h3> <p><strong>5&nbsp;</strong>My son, pay attention to my wisdom,<br> turn your ear to my words of insight,<br> <strong>2&nbsp;</strong>that you may maintain discretion<br> and your lips may preserve knowledge.<br> <strong>3&nbsp;</strong>For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,<br> and her speech is smoother than oil;<br> <strong>4&nbsp;</strong>but in the end she is bitter as gall,<br> sharp as a double-edged sword.<br> <strong>5&nbsp;</strong>Her feet go down to death;<br> her steps lead straight to the grave.<br> <strong>6&nbsp;</strong>She gives no thought to the way of life;<br> her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.</p> <p><strong>7&nbsp;</strong>Now then, my sons, listen to me;<br> do not turn aside from what I say.<br> <strong>8&nbsp;</strong>Keep to a path far from her,<br> do not go near the door of her house,<br> <strong>9&nbsp;</strong>lest you lose your honor to others<br> and your dignity[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%205&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-16527a" title="See footnote a">a</a>] to one who is cruel,<br> <strong>10&nbsp;</strong>lest strangers feast on your wealth<br> and your toil enrich the house of another.<br> <strong>11&nbsp;</strong>At the end of your life you will groan,<br> when your flesh and body are spent.<br> <strong>12&nbsp;</strong>You will say, “How I hated discipline!<br> How my heart spurned correction!<br> <strong>13&nbsp;</strong>I would not obey my teachers<br> or turn my ear to my instructors.<br> <strong>14&nbsp;</strong>And I was soon in serious trouble<br> in the assembly of God’s people.”</p> <p><strong>15&nbsp;</strong>Drink water from your own cistern,<br> running water from your own well.<br> <strong>16&nbsp;</strong>Should your springs overflow in the streets,<br> your streams of water in the public squares?<br> <strong>17&nbsp;</strong>Let them be yours alone,<br> never to be shared wit