Proverbs 5:7 - The Message So, my friend, listen closely; don’t treat my words casually. Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood. You don’t want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted. Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you? You don’t want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones, Saying, “Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life? Why didn’t I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously? My life is ruined! I haven’t one blessed thing to show for my life!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, And depart not from the words of my mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. Common English Bible Now sons, listen to me, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |