Proverbs 5:3-13

3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Lit. 'palate.'
  • [b]. Or 'paths:' see Note i, ch. 2.9.
  • [c]. Or 'Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are changeable: thou canst not know [them].'
  • [d]. Or 'of another.'
The Darby Translation is in the public domain.