She does not observe the path of life; her ways wander, [and] she does not know [it].

Now, O children, listen to me; do not depart from the sayings of my mouth.

Keep your paths far from her, and do not go near to the door of her house,

lest strangers take [their] fill of your strength, and your labors [go] to the house of a foreigner,

lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless,

and you groan at your end, when your flesh and body are consumed,

My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;

For before the eyes of Yahweh [are] {human ways}, and all his paths he examines.

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"

and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

I was almost at utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

He shall die {for lack of} discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.

May they be yours alone, and not for strangers [who are] with you.

But her end is bitter as the wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Shall your springs be scattered outward? In the streets, [shall there be] streams of water?

Her feet go down [to] death; her steps take hold [of] Sheol.

Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

[in order] to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.

May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Drink water from your [own] cistern and flowing waters from inside your own well.