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