Proverbs 5:1-11

¹My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words;

²that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;

³for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:

⁴but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.

⁵For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

⁶For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.

⁷Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.

⁸Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:

⁹lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:

¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,