New Century Version

Proverbs 5:12-18 New Century Version (NCV)

12. Then you will say, “I hated being told what to do!I would not listen to correction!

13. I would not listen to my teachersor pay attention to my instructors.

14. I came close to being completely ruinedin front of a whole group of people.”

15. Be faithful to your own wife,just as you drink water from your own well.

16. Don’t pour your water in the streets;don’t give your love to just any woman.

17. These things are yours aloneand shouldn’t be shared with strangers.

18. Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.