1My son1121, attend7181 unto my wisdom2451, and bow5186 thine ear241 to my understanding8394:
2That thou mayest regard8104 discretion4209, and that thy lips8193 may keep5341 knowledge1847.
3For the lips8193 of a strange woman2114 drop5197 as an honeycomb5317, and her mouth2441 is smoother2509 than oil8081:
4But her end319 is bitter4751 as wormwood3939, sharp2299 as a twoedged6310 sword2719.
5Her feet7272 go down3381 to death4194; her steps6806 take hold8551 on hell7585.
6Lest thou shouldest ponder6424 the path734 of life2416, her ways4570 are moveable5128, that thou canst not know3045 them.
7Hear8085 me now therefore, O ye children1121, and depart5493 not from the words561 of my mouth6310.
8Remove7368 thy way1870 far7368 from her, and come not nigh7126 the door6607 of her house1004:
9Lest thou give5414 thine honour1935 unto others312, and thy years8141 unto the cruel394:
10Lest strangers2114 be filled7646 with thy wealth3581; and thy labours6089 be in the house1004 of a stranger5237;
11And thou mourn5098 at the last319, when thy flesh1320 and thy body7607 are consumed3615,
12And say559, How have I hated8130 instruction4148, and my heart3820 despised5006 reproof8433;
13And have not obeyed8085 the voice6963 of my teachers3384, nor inclined5186 mine ear241 to them that instructed3925 me!
14I was almost4592 in all evil7451 in the midst8432 of the congregation6951 and assembly5712.
15Drink8354 waters4325 out of thine own cistern953, and running waters5140 out of8432 thine own well875.
16Let thy fountains4599 be dispersed6327 abroad2351, and rivers6388 of waters4325 in the streets7339.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers'2114 with thee.
18Let thy fountain4726 be blessed1288: and rejoice8055 with the wife802 of thy youth5271.
19Let her be as the loving158 hind365 and pleasant2580 roe3280; let her breasts1717 satisfy7301 thee at all times6256; and be thou ravished7686 always8548 with her love160.
20And why wilt thou, my son1121, be ravished7686 with a strange woman2114, and embrace2263 the bosom2436 of a stranger5237?
21For the ways1870 of man376 are before5227 the eyes5869 of the LORD3068, and he pondereth6424 all his goings4570.
22His own iniquities5771 shall take3920 the wicked7563 himself, and he shall be holden8551 with the cords2256 of his sins2403.
23He shall die4191 without instruction4148; and in the greatness7230 of his folly200 he shall go astray7686.