Proverbs 5:1-14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

14I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.