1 My son, H1121 attend H7181 unto my wisdom, H2451 and bow H5186 thine ear H241 to my understanding: H8394
2 That thou mayest regard H8104 discretion, H4209 and that thy lips H8193 may keep H5341 knowledge. H1847
3 For H3588 the lips H8193 of a strange woman H2114 drop H5197 as a honeycomb, H5317 and her mouth H2441 is smoother H2509 than oil H4480 H8081 :
4 But her end H319 is bitter H4751 as wormwood, H3939 sharp H2299 as a twoedged H6310 sword. H2719
5 Her feet H7272 go down H3381 to death; H4194 her steps H6806 take hold H8551 on hell. H7585
6 Lest H6435 thou shouldest ponder H6424 the path H734 of life, H2416 her ways H4570 are movable, H5128 that thou canst not H3808 know H3045 them .
7 Hear H8085 me now H6258 therefore , O ye children, H1121 and depart H5493 not H408 from the words H4480 H561 of my mouth. H6310
8 Remove thy way far H7368 H1870 from H4480 H5921 her , and come not nigh H7126 H408 H413 the door H6607 of her house: H1004
9 Lest H6435 thou give H5414 thine honor H1935 unto others, H312 and thy years H8141 unto the cruel: H394
10 Lest H6435 strangers H2114 be filled H7646 with thy wealth; H3581 and thy labors H6089 be in the house H1004 of a stranger; H5237
11 And thou mourn H5098 at the last, H319 when thy flesh H1320 and thy body H7607 are consumed, H3615
12 And say, H559 How H349 have I hated H8130 instruction, H4148 and my heart H3820 despised H5006 reproof; H8433
13 And have not H3808 obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of my teachers, H3384 nor H3808 inclined H5186 mine ear H241 to them that instructed H3925 me!
14 I was H1961 almost H4592 in all H3605 evil H7451 in the midst H8432 of the congregation H6951 and assembly. H5712
15 Drink H8354 waters H4325 out of thine own cistern H4480 H953 , and running waters H5140 out of H4480 H8432 thine own well. H875
16 Let thy fountains H4599 be dispersed H6327 abroad, H2351 and rivers H6388 of waters H4325 in the streets. H7339
17 Let them be H1961 only H905 thine own , and not H369 strangers' H2114 with H854 thee.
18 Let thy fountain H4726 be H1961 blessed: H1288 and rejoice H8055 with the wife H4480 H802 of thy youth. H5271
19 Let her be as the loving H158 hind H365 and pleasant H2580 roe; H3280 let her breasts H1717 satisfy H7301 thee at all H3605 times; H6256 and be thou ravished H7686 always H8548 with her love. H160
20 And why H4100 wilt thou , my son, H1121 be ravished H7686 with a strange woman, H2114 and embrace H2263 the bosom H2436 of a stranger H5237 ?
21 For H3588 the ways H1870 of man H376 are before H5227 the eyes H5869 of the LORD, H3068 and he pondereth H6424 all H3605 his goings. H4570
22 His own iniquities H5771 shall take H3920 H853 the wicked H7563 himself , and he shall be holden H8551 with the cords H2256 of his sins. H2403
23 He H1931 shall die H4191 without H369 instruction; H4148 and in the greatness H7230 of his folly H200 he shall go astray. H7686