Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Proverbs
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:1 JFB -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:1 TSK -> Commentary on 5:1 TSK -> Entry for 5:1 WEN -> Notes on 5:1 NTB -> Children; Young Men TTT -> Ear, The 5:1 - [In Context] My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:2 JFB -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:2 TSK -> Commentary on 5:2 TSK -> Entry for 5:2 WEN -> Notes on 5:2 NTB -> Children; Young Men 5:2 - [In Context] Then you will learn to be discreet and will store up knowledge.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:3 JFB -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:3 TSK -> Commentary on 5:3 TSK -> Entry for 5:3 WEN -> Notes on 5:3 NTB -> Adultery; Flattery; Lasciviousness; Women; Young Men TTT -> Honey; Oil EBD -> Honey 5:3 - [In Context] The lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:4 JFB -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:4 TSK -> Commentary on 5:4 TSK -> Entry for 5:4 WEN -> Notes on 5:4 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Women; Wormwood; Young Men TTT -> Arms, Military; Sword, The EBD -> Hemlock; Sword; Wormwood 5:4 - [In Context] But the result is as bitter as poison, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:5 JFB -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:5 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:5 TSK -> Commentary on 5:5 TSK -> Entry for 5:5 WEN -> Notes on 5:5 NTB -> Adultery; Hell; Lasciviousness; Women; Young Men TTT -> Hell 5:5 - [In Context] Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. F9
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:6 JFB -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Entry for 5:6 WEN -> Notes on 5:6 NTB -> Adultery; Women; Young Men 5:6 - [In Context] For she does not care about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn't even realize where it leads.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:7 JFB -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Entry for 5:7 WEN -> Notes on 5:7 NTB -> Adultery; Remorse; Women; Young Men 5:7 - [In Context] So now, my sons, listen to me. Never stray from what I am about to say:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:8 JFB -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Entry for 5:8 WEN -> Notes on 5:8 NTB -> Adultery; Company; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Women; Young Men 5:8 - [In Context] Run from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:9 JFB -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Entry for 5:9 WEN -> Notes on 5:9 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Women; Young Men 5:9 - [In Context] If you do, you will lose your honor and hand over to merciless people everything you have achieved in life.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:10 JFB -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Entry for 5:10 WEN -> Notes on 5:10 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Women; Young Men 5:10 - [In Context] Strangers will obtain your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:11 JFB -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Entry for 5:11 WEN -> Notes on 5:11 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Women; Young Men 5:11 - [In Context] Afterward you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:12 JFB -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Entry for 5:12 WEN -> Notes on 5:12 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Self-Condemnation; Wisdom; Women; Young Men TTT -> Reproof 5:12 - [In Context] and you will say, "How I hated discipline! If only I had not demanded my own way!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:13 JFB -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Entry for 5:13 WEN -> Notes on 5:13 NTB -> Adultery; Lasciviousness; Remorse; Self-Condemnation; Women; Young Men 5:13 - [In Context] Oh, why didn't I listen to my teachers? Why didn't I pay attention to those who gave me instruction?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:14 JFB -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Entry for 5:14 WEN -> Notes on 5:14 NTB -> Adultery; Women; Young Men 5:14 - [In Context] I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:15 JFB -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Entry for 5:15 WEN -> Notes on 5:15 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Cistern; Husband; Water; Women; Young Men TTT -> Wells EBD -> Cistern 5:15 - [In Context] Drink water from your own well – share your love only with your wife. F10
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:16 JFB -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Entry for 5:16 WEN -> Notes on 5:16 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Husband; Women; Young Men EBD -> River 5:16 - [In Context] Why spill the water of your springs in public, having sex with just anyone? F11
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Husband; Women; Young Men 5:17 - [In Context] You should reserve it for yourselves. Don't share it with strangers.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:18 JFB -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Entry for 5:18 WEN -> Notes on 5:18 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Husband; Women; Young Men TTT -> Fountains and Springs 5:18 - [In Context] Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:19 JFB -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Entry for 5:19 WEN -> Notes on 5:19 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Deer; Husband; Women; Young Men TTT -> Hart, The; Husbands; Roe, The EBD -> Hind; Roe SBD -> Hind 5:19 - [In Context] She is a loving doe, a graceful deer. Let her breasts satisfy you always. May you always be captivated by her love.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:20 JFB -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Entry for 5:20 WEN -> Notes on 5:20 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Women; Young Men EBD -> Harlot 5:20 - [In Context] Why be captivated, my son, with an immoral woman, or embrace the breasts of an adulterous woman?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:21 JFB -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Entry for 5:21 WEN -> Notes on 5:21 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; God (continued); Heart; Young Men TTT -> God; Man 5:21 - [In Context] For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:22 JFB -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Entry for 5:22 WEN -> Notes on 5:22 NTB -> Adultery; Cord; Death; Rope; Sin; Young Men EBD -> Cord 5:22 - [In Context] An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:23 JFB -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Entry for 5:23 WEN -> Notes on 5:23 NTB -> Death; Sin; Young Men 5:23 - [In Context] He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his incredible folly.
FOOTNOTES: F9: Hebrew to Sheol. F10: Hebrew Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. F11: Hebrew Why spill your springs in public, your streams in the streets?

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.