My son{H1121}, attend{H7181}{(H8685)} unto my wisdom{H2451}, and bow{H5186}{(H8685)} thine ear{H241} to my understanding{H8394}:

That thou mayest regard{H8104}{(H8800)} discretion{H4209}, and that thy lips{H8193} may keep{H5341}{(H8799)} knowledge{H1847}.

For the lips{H8193} of a strange woman{H2114}{(H8801)} drop{H5197}{(H8799)} as an honeycomb{H5317}, and her mouth{H2441} is smoother{H2509} than oil{H8081}:

But her end{H319} is bitter{H4751} as wormwood{H3939}, sharp{H2299} as a twoedged{H6310} sword{H2719}.

Her feet{H7272} go down{H3381}{(H8802)} to death{H4194}; her steps{H6806} take hold{H8551}{(H8799)} on hell{H7585}.

Lest thou shouldest ponder{H6424}{(H8762)} the path{H734} of life{H2416}, her ways{H4570} are moveable{H5128}{(H8804)}, that thou canst not know{H3045}{(H8799)} them.

Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me now therefore, O ye children{H1121}, and depart{H5493}{(H8799)} not from the words{H561} of my mouth{H6310}.

Remove{H7368} thy way{H1870} far{H7368}{(H8685)} from her, and come not nigh{H7126}{(H8799)} the door{H6607} of her house{H1004}:

Lest thou give{H5414}{(H8799)} thine honour{H1935} unto others{H312}, and thy years{H8141} unto the cruel{H394}:

Lest strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} be filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with thy wealth{H3581}; and thy labours{H6089} be in the house{H1004} of a stranger{H5237};

And thou mourn{H5098}{(H8804)} at the last{H319}, when thy flesh{H1320} and thy body{H7607} are consumed{H3615}{(H8800)},

And say{H559}{(H8804)}, How have I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} instruction{H4148}, and my heart{H3820} despised{H5006}{(H8804)} reproof{H8433};

And have not obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of my teachers{H3384}{(H8688)}, nor inclined{H5186}{(H8689)} mine ear{H241} to them that instructed{H3925}{(H8764)} me!

I was almost{H4592} in all evil{H7451} in the midst{H8432} of the congregation{H6951} and assembly{H5712}.

Drink{H8354}{(H8798)} waters{H4325} out of thine own cistern{H953}, and running waters{H5140}{(H8802)} out of{H8432} thine own well{H875}.

Let thy fountains{H4599} be dispersed{H6327}{(H8799)} abroad{H2351}, and rivers{H6388} of waters{H4325} in the streets{H7339}.

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers{H2114}{(H8801)}' with thee.

Let thy fountain{H4726} be blessed{H1288}{(H8803)}: and rejoice{H8055}{(H8798)} with the wife{H802} of thy youth{H5271}.

Let her be as the loving{H158} hind{H365} and pleasant{H2580} roe{H3280}; let her breasts{H1717} satisfy{H7301}{(H8762)} thee at all times{H6256}; and be thou ravished{H7686}{(H8799)} always{H8548} with her love{H160}.

And why wilt thou, my son{H1121}, be ravished{H7686}{(H8799)} with a strange woman{H2114}{(H8801)}, and embrace{H2263}{(H8762)} the bosom{H2436} of a stranger{H5237}?

For the ways{H1870} of man{H376} are before{H5227} the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and he pondereth{H6424}{(H8764)} all his goings{H4570}.

His own iniquities{H5771} shall take{H3920}{(H8799)} the wicked{H7563} himself, and he shall be holden{H8551}{(H8735)} with the cords{H2256} of his sins{H2403}.

He shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} without instruction{H4148}; and in the greatness{H7230} of his folly{H200} he shall go astray{H7686}{(H8799)}.