5My son, apayattention to my wisdom,bIncline your ear to my discernment;2That you may akeepdiscretionAnd that your blips may guardknowledge.3For the lips of a astrangewomanbdriphoneyAnd csmootherthanoil is her 1speech;4But her end is abitter as wormwood,bSharp as a two-edgedsword.5Her feetagodown to death,Her stepstakehold of Sheol,6Lest she watch the apath of life;Her tracksarebunstable, she cdoes not knowit.7aSo now, mysons, listen to meAnd bdo not turnaway from the words of my mouth.8aKeep your wayfar from herAnd do not gonear the bdoor of her house,9Lest you give your splendor to othersAnd your years to the cruelone;10Leststrangersbesatisfied by your strengthAnd by your painfullabor, those in the house of a foreigner;11And you groan at your 1end,When your flesh and your body are consumed;12And you say, “How I have ahateddiscipline!And my heartbspurnedreproof!13“I have not listened to the voice of my ainstructors,And I have notinclined my ear to my teachers!14“I was almost in utterruinIn the midst of the assembly and congregation.”15Drinkwater from your own cisternAnd 1freshwater from your own well.16Should your asprings be dispersedabroad,Streams of water in the streets?17Let them be for you alone,And not for strangers with you.18Let your afountain be blessed,And bbe glad in the cwife of your youth.19As a lovingahind and a gracefuldoe,Let her breastssatisfy you at alltimes;Be 1intoxicatedalways with her love.20So why should you, my son, be intoxicated with a astrangewomanAnd embrace the bosom of a bforeignwoman?21For the aways of a man are before the eyes of Yahweh,And He bwatchesall his tracks.22His aown iniquities will capture him who is the wicked one,And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast.23He will adie for lack of discipline,And in the abundance of his 1folly he will 2stumbleinintoxication.
