Proverbs 5

1My sonH1121, attend unto my wisdomH2451, inclineH5186 thine earH241 to my understandingH8394; 2that thou mayest keepH8104 reflection, and that thy lipsH8193 may preserveH5341 knowledgeH1847. 3For the lipsH8193 of the strangeH2114 womanH2114 drop honeyH5317, and her mouthH2441 is smoother than oilH8081; 4but her endH319 is bitterH4751 as wormwoodH3939, sharpH2299 as a two-edged swordH2719. 5Her feetH7272 goH3381 down to deathH4194; her stepsH6806 takeH3381 holdH8551 on SheolH7585. 6LestH6435 she should ponder the pathH734 of lifeH2416, her waysH734 wanderH5128, she knoweth not [whither]. 7And nowH6258, children, hearken unto me, and departH5493 not from the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310. 8RemoveH7368 thy wayH1870 farH7368 from her, and come not nigh the doorH6607 of her houseH1004: 9lestH6435 thou giveH5414 thine honour unto othersH312, and thy yearsH8141 unto the cruelH394; 10lestH6435 strangersH2114 be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the houseH1004 of a stranger; 11and thou mourn in thine endH319, when thy fleshH1320 and thy bodyH1320 are consumed; 12and thou sayH559, HowH349 have I hatedH8130 instruction, and my heartH3820 despised reproof! 13and I have not hearkened unto the voiceH6963 of my teachersH3925, nor inclinedH5186 mine earH241 to those that instructedH3384 me; 14I wasH1961 well nigh in all evilH7451 in the midstH8432 of the congregationH5712 and assemblyH6951. 15DrinkH8354 watersH4325 out of thine own cisternH953, and running watersH4325 out of thine own wellH875. 16Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. 17Let them beH1961 onlyH905 thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18Let thy fountainH4726 beH1961 blessedH1288; and have joy of the wifeH802 of thy youthH5271. 19As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfyH7301 thee at all timesH6256: be thou ravished continuallyH8548 with her loveH160. 20And whyH4100 shouldest thou, my sonH1121, be ravished with a strangeH2114 womanH5237, and embraceH2263 the bosomH2436 of a stranger? 21For the waysH1870 of manH376 are before the eyesH5869 of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. 22His own iniquitiesH5771 shall takeH3920 the wickedH7563, and he shall be holden with the cordsH2256 of his sinH2403. 23He shall dieH4191 for want of disciplineH4148; and in the greatnessH7230 of his follyH200 he shall goH7686 astrayH7686.