My son,{H1121} attend{H7181} unto my wisdom;{H2451} Incline{H5186} thine ear{H241} to my understanding:{H8394}

That thou mayest preserve{H8104} discretion,{H4209} And that thy lips{H8193} may keep{H5341} knowledge.{H1847}

For the lips{H8193} of a strange woman{H2114} drop{H5197} honey,{H5317} And her mouth{H2441} is smoother{H2509} than oil:{H8081}

But in the end{H319} she is bitter{H4751} as wormwood,{H3939} Sharp{H2299} as a two-edged{H6310} sword.{H2719}

Her feet{H7272} go down{H3381} to death;{H4194} Her steps{H6806} take hold{H8551} on Sheol;{H7585}

So that she findeth{H6424} not the level path{H734} of life:{H2416} Her ways{H4570} are unstable,{H5128} [and] she knoweth{H3045} [it] not.

Now therefore, [my] sons,{H1121} hearken{H8085} unto me, And depart{H5493} not from the words{H561} of my mouth.{H6310}

Remove{H7368} thy way{H1870} far{H7368} from her, And come not nigh{H7126} the door{H6607} of her house;{H1004}

Lest thou give{H5414} thine honor{H1935} unto others,{H312} And thy years{H8141} unto the cruel;{H394}

Lest strangers{H2114} be filled{H7646} with thy strength,{H3581} And thy labors{H6089} [be] in the house{H1004} of an alien,{H5237}

And thou mourn{H5098} at thy latter{H319} end, When thy flesh{H1320} and thy body{H1320} are consumed,{H3615}

And say,{H559} How have I hated{H8130} instruction,{H4148} And my heart{H3820} despised{H5006} reproof;{H8433}

Neither have I obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of my teachers,{H3384} Nor inclined{H5186} mine ear{H241} to them that instructed{H3925} me!

I was well-nigh{H4592} in all evil{H7451} In the midst{H8432} of the assembly{H6951} and congregation.{H6951}

Drink{H8354} waters{H4325} out of thine own cistern,{H953} And running waters{H5140} out of{H8432} thine own well.{H875}

Should thy springs{H4599} be dispersed{H6327} abroad,{H2351} And streams{H6388} of water{H4325} in the streets?{H7339}

Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers{H2114} with thee.

Let thy fountain{H4726} be blessed;{H1288} And rejoice{H8055} in the wife{H802} of thy youth.{H5271}

[ As] a loving{H158} hind{H365} and a pleasant{H2580} doe,{H365} Let her breasts{H1717} satisfy{H7301} thee at all times;{H6256} And be thou ravished{H7686} always{H8548} with her love.{H160}

For why shouldest thou, my son,{H1121} be ravished{H7686} with a strange woman,{H2114} And embrace{H2263} the bosom{H2436} of a foreigner?{H5237}

For the ways{H1870} of man{H376} are before{H5227} the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah;{H3068} And he maketh level{H6424} all his paths.{H4570}

His own iniquities{H5771} shall take{H3920} the wicked,{H7563} And he shall be holden{H8551} with the cords{H2256} of his sin.{H2403}

He shall die{H4191} for lack of instruction;{H4148} And in the greatness{H7230} of his folly{H200} he shall go astray.{H7686}