Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Proverbs 5:8-20 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Stay away from a bad woman!Don't even go near the doorof her house.

9. You will lose your self-respectand end up in debtto some cruel personfor the rest of your life.

10. Strangers will get your moneyand everything elseyou have worked for.

11. When it's all over,your body will waste away,as you groan

12. and shout,“I hated advice and correction!

13. I paid no attentionto my teachers,

14. and now I am disgracedin front of everyone.”

15. You should be faithfulto your wife,just as you take waterfrom your own well.

16. And don't be like a streamfrom which just any womanmay take a drink.

17. Save yourself for your wifeand don't have sexwith other women.

18. Be happy with the wifeyou marriedwhen you were young.

19. She is beautiful and graceful,just like a deer;you should be attracted to herand stay deeply in love.

20. Don't go mad over a womanwho is unfaithfulto her own husband!