Proverbs 5:3-20

3For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;

4But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

5Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

6So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life; Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

7Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.

8Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],

9Or you will give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one,

10And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

11And you will groan when your life is ending, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

12And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline, And my heart despised correction and reproof!

13I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

14I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

15Drink water from your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship] And fresh running water from your own well.

16Should your springs (children) be dispersed, As streams of water in the streets?

17[Confine yourself to your own wife.] Let your children be yours alone, And not the children of strangers with you.

18Let your fountain (wife) be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe, Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times; Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.

20Why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an immoral woman And embrace the bosom of an outsider (pagan)?