TOPICAL BIBLE
Young Men
347 references in this topic.
Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.Proverbs 6:26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.Proverbs 6:27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?Proverbs 6:28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.Proverbs 6:30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.Proverbs 6:33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.Proverbs 7:3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.Proverbs 7:4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,Proverbs 7:8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,Proverbs 7:9at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.Proverbs 7:11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.Proverbs 7:12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:Proverbs 7:14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.Proverbs 7:15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!Proverbs 7:19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.Proverbs 7:24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.Proverbs 7:25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.Proverbs 7:26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.Proverbs 7:27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.Proverbs 13:1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.Proverbs 17:2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.Proverbs 19:27If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.Proverbs 20:29The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.Proverbs 23:15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.Proverbs 23:16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.Proverbs 23:17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.Proverbs 23:19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Proverbs 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.Proverbs 23:24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.Proverbs 23:25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!