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JPS TaNaKH 1917 - Proverbs - Proverbs 5

Proverbs 5:1-8

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1My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;
2That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;
6Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.
7Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;

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