1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: Cross refs
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. Cross refs
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Cross refs
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Cross refs
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Cross refs
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Cross refs
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Cross refs
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Cross refs
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Cross refs
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; Cross refs
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, Cross refs
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Cross refs
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Cross refs
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Cross refs
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Cross refs
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Cross refs
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Cross refs
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. Cross refs
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? Cross refs
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. Cross refs
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. Cross refs
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Cross refs