English Standard Version | English Standard Version |
1My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, | 1My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, |
2that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. | 2that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. |
3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, | 3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, |
4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. | 4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; | 5Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; |
6she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. | 6she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it. |
7And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. | 7And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. |
8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, | 8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, |
9lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, | 9lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless, |
10lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, | 10lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, |
11and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, | 11and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, |
12and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! | 12and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! |
13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. | 13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. |
14I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” | 14I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” |
15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. | 15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. |
16Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? | 16Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? |
17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. | 17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. |
18Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, | 18Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, |
19a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. | 19a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. |
20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? | 20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress? |
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. | 21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths. |
22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. | 22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. |
23He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray. | 23He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray. |
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