Proverbs 5:1-14 ▼

1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding;

2 That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge.

3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;

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

5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.

6 She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know [it].

7 Now then, [my] sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,

9 Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;

10 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods [will go] to the house of an alien;

11 And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

12 And you say, |How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

13 |I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

14 |I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation.|