Proverbs 5:1-16

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 afterward 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 labors come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹And thou repent at last, When the flesh of thy body is consumed,

¹²And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart avoided reproofs!

¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, Neither did I apply mine ear.

¹⁴I was almost in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, And out of thine own springing wells.

¹⁶Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, But let thy waters go into thy streets.