Proverbs 5:1-14

11My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,

2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

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

6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

12And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

13For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

14I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”