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5 : 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
5 : 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
5 : 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
5 : 4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
5 : 6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
5 : 7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
5 : 8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
5 : 9 lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
5 : 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man`s house.
5 : 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
5 : 12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
5 : 13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
5 : 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."
5 : 15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
5 : 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
5 : 17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
5 : 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
5 : 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
5 : 20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man`s wife?
5 : 21 For a man`s ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
5 : 22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.
5 : 23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.