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Avoid Immorality
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
Warning Against Adultery
My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
My son, pay attention to my wisdom,
turn your ear to my words of insight,
that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
that you may maintain discretion
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
and your lips may preserve knowledge.
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
and her speech is smoother than oil;
but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.
her steps lead straight to the grave.
Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
She gives no thought to the way of life;
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Now then, my sons, listen to me;
do not turn aside from what I say.
do not turn aside from what I say.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Keep to a path far from her,
do not go near the door of her house,
do not go near the door of her house,
lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
lest strangers feast on your wealth
and your toil enrich the house of another.
and your toil enrich the house of another.
and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
At the end of your life you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent.
when your flesh and body are spent.
and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
You will say, “How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!
How my heart spurned correction!
and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
or turn my ear to my instructors.
I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
And I was soon in serious trouble
in the assembly of God’s people.”
in the assembly of God’s people.”
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Drink water from your own cistern,
running water from your own well.
running water from your own well.
Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
Should your springs overflow in the streets,
your streams of water in the public squares?
your streams of water in the public squares?
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let them be yours alone,
never to be shared with strangers.
never to be shared with strangers.
Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
May your fountain be blessed,
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
A loving doe, a graceful deer —
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
may her breasts satisfy you always,
may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
and he examines all your paths.
and he examines all your paths.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;
the cords of their sins hold them fast.
the cords of their sins hold them fast.