My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Listen carefully* to my discernment,+ 2 So that you may guard your thinking abilities And safeguard knowledge with your lips.+ 3 For the lips of a wayward* woman drip like a honeycomb,+ And her mouth 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. Her steps lead straight to the Grave.* 6 She gives no thought to the path of life. Her course wanders, but she does not know where. 7 Now, my sons, listen to me And do not turn away from what I am saying. 8 Stay far away from her; Do not go near the entrance of her house,+ 9 So that you may not give your dignity to others+ Nor reap years of what is cruel;+ 10 So that strangers may not drain your resources*+ And what you labored for go to the house of a foreigner. 11 Otherwise, you will groan at the end of your life When your flesh and body waste away+ 12 And you say: “How I hated discipline! How my heart despised reproof! 13 I did not listen to the voice of my instructors Or pay attention to my teachers. 14 I have come to the brink of complete ruin In the midst of the entire congregation.”*+ 15 Drink water from your own cistern And flowing* water from your own well.+ 16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, Your streams of water in the public squares?+ 17 Let them be for you alone, And not for strangers with you.+ 18 May your own fountain* be blessed, And may you rejoice with the wife of your youth,+ 19 A loving doe, a graceful mountain goat.*+ Let her breasts satisfy* you at all times. May you be captivated by her love constantly.+ 20 So why, my son, should you be captivated by a wayward* woman Or embrace the bosom of an immoral* woman?+ 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; He examines all his paths.+ 22 The wicked one is ensnared by his own errors, And he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin.+ 23 He will die for lack of discipline And go astray because of his excessive foolishness.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:23:31 +0000
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