Proverbs 5:1-14 ▼

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,

2 so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman.

3 For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.

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

5 Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell.

6 They do not walk along the path of life; her steps are wandering and untraceable.

7 Therefore, my son, listen to me now, and do not withdraw from the words of my mouth.

8 Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.

9 Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.

10 Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,

11 and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:

12 “Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?

13 And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?

14 I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”