Proverbs 5

“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:” The line’s distinctive content terms include attend, understanding, wisdom. Its relationship to verses 2 shows what work it does in this passage.

“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.” The line’s distinctive content terms include discretion, keep, knowledge. Its relationship to verses 1 and 3 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.” The line’s distinctive content terms include bitter, sharp, sword. Its relationship to verses 3 and 5 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.” Naming Her keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.” Naming Lest keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.” Naming Hear keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:” Naming Remove keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:” Naming Lest keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;” Naming Lest keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,” The line’s distinctive content terms include body, consumed, flesh. Its relationship to verses 10 and 12 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;” The line’s distinctive content terms include despised, hated, heart. Its relationship to verses 11 and 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!” The line’s distinctive content terms include inclined, instructed, obeyed. Its relationship to verses 12 and 14 shows what work it does in this passage.

“I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.” The line’s distinctive content terms include assembly, congregation, evil. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.” Naming Drink keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.” The line’s distinctive content terms include abroad, dispersed, fountains. Its relationship to verses 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.” The line’s distinctive content terms include strangers. Its relationship to verses 18 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.” The line’s distinctive content terms include blessed, fountain, rejoice. Its relationship to verses 17 and 19 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always…” The line’s distinctive content terms include always, breasts, hind. Its relationship to verses 18 and 20 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD , and he pondereth all his goings.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.