Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 5

58 catchwords365 parallels

← Proverbs | ← Ch 4 | Ch 6 →

Proverbs 5 . 1 , Solomon exhorts to wisdom; Proverbs 5 . 3 , He shews the mischief of whoredom and riot; Proverbs 5 . 15 , He exhorts to contentedness , liberality , and chastity; Proverbs 5 . 22 , The wicked are overtaken with their own sins.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

Proverbs 5:1 · BSB

attend12 parallels

bow2 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Proverbs 5:2

that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

Proverbs 5:2 · BSB

thy lips11 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Proverbs 5:3

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 5:3 · BSB

the lips4 parallels

smoother1 parallel

Reciprocal14 parallels

mouth Heb. palate

Proverbs 5:4

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:4 · BSB

her9 parallels

sharp4 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Proverbs 5:5 · BSB

the whole verse3 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Proverbs 5:6

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Proverbs 5:6 · BSB

ponder2 parallels

the path2 parallels

her5 parallels

Proverbs 5:7

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:7 · BSB

Hear4 parallels

and depart2 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 5:8 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Proverbs 5:9

lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

Proverbs 5:9 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Proverbs 6 . 29-35

Reciprocal4 parallels

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 5:10 · BSB

strangers3 parallels

wealth1 parallel

Heb. strength

Reciprocal3 parallels

Proverbs 5:11

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Proverbs 5:11 · BSB

thou7 parallels

when3 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:12 · BSB

How10 parallels

and my14 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Proverbs 5:13 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Proverbs 5:14

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

Proverbs 5:14 · BSB

the whole verse6 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Proverbs 5:15 · BSB

the whole verse4 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Proverbs 5:16

Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

Proverbs 5:16 · BSB

thy3 parallels

dispersed4 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

Proverbs 5:18 · BSB

rejoice3 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Proverbs 5:19

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Proverbs 5:19 · BSB

as the4 parallels

satisfy thee1 parallel

Heb. water thee

be thou ravished always with her love1 parallel

Heb. err thou always in her love

Reciprocal13 parallels

Proverbs 5:20

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:20 · BSB

with8 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Proverbs 5:21

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

Proverbs 5:21 · BSB

the whole verse15 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Proverbs 5:22 · BSB

His11 parallels

holden1 parallel

sins6 parallels

Heb. sin

Reciprocal28 parallels

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Proverbs 5:23 · BSB

shall die4 parallels

in the3 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

Have a suggestion, or spotted something to fix?
✦ The Hyperlinked Bible