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Proverbs 5:1-12

1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,

2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

9 lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,

10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.

11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

12 You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

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