Proverbs 5 Bible Study Guide
Proverbs 5 is a warning against the seductive words of the forbidden woman and a call to fidelity in marriage. Solomon warns that the lips of the adulteress drip honey, but her end is bitter as wormwood. He calls the young man to drink water from his own cistern and to rejoice in the wife of his youth. The chapter warns that the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord, and that the wicked are ensnared by their own iniquity.