Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
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12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
12¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feete, hee teacheth with his fingers.
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9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
9 Euen him whose comming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signes, and lying wonders,
10And with all deceiueablenesse of vnrighteousnesse, in them that perish: because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.
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10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
10And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.
11*(She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house:
12Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.)
13†So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him,
14† I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes.
15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
16I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt.
17I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning, let vs solace our selues with loues.
19For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney.
20†‖He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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Proverbs 5:6
For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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To weigh or consider carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A track, route, course, or way of travel or conduct.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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5:3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
5:3¶ *†For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5:4But her end is bitter as wormewood, sharpe as a two edged sword.
5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5:5*Her feete goe downe to death: her steps take hold on hell.
5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
Selected passage5:7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
5:7Heare me now therefore, O yee children: & depart not from the words of my mouth.
5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
5:8Remoue thy way farre from her, and come not nie the doore of her house:
5:9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
5:9Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
5:10†Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,
5:11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
5:11And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
5:12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe?
5:13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
5:13And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me?
5:14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
5:14I was almost in all euill, in the midst of the congregation & assembly.