1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Many Bible Versions
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Many Bible Versions
3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Many Bible Versions
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Many Bible Versions
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Many Bible Versions
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Many Bible Versions
7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Many Bible Versions
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Many Bible Versions
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Many Bible Versions
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; Many Bible Versions
11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, Many Bible Versions
12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Many Bible Versions
13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Many Bible Versions
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Many Bible Versions
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Many Bible Versions
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Many Bible Versions
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Many Bible Versions
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Many Bible Versions
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. Many Bible Versions
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Many Bible Versions
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. Many Bible Versions
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Many Bible Versions
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Many Bible Versions