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Avoid Immoral Women
My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen carefully to my wise counsel.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen carefully to my wise counsel.
Pitfalls of Immorality
My son, give attention to my wisdom,
Incline your ear to my understanding;
My son, give attention to my wisdom,
Incline your ear to my understanding;
Then you will show discernment,
and your lips will express what you’ve learned.
and your lips will express what you’ve learned.
That you may observe discretion
And your lips may reserve knowledge.
And your lips may reserve knowledge.
For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.
and her mouth is smoother than oil.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;
And smoother than oil is her speech;
But in the end she is as bitter as poison,
as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
as dangerous as a double-edged sword.
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
For she cares nothing about the path to life.
She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.
She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.
She does not ponder the path of life;
Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
So now, my sons, listen to me.
Never stray from what I am about to say:
Never stray from what I am about to say:
Now then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Stay away from her!
Don’t go near the door of her house!
Don’t go near the door of her house!
Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,
And do not go near the door of her house,
If you do, you will lose your honor
and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.
and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.
Or you will give your vigor to others
And your years to the cruel one;
And your years to the cruel one;
Strangers will consume your wealth,
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien;
In the end you will groan in anguish
when disease consumes your body.
when disease consumes your body.
And you groan at your final end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
When your flesh and your body are consumed;
You will say, “How I hated discipline!
If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
And you say, “How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof!
And my heart spurned reproof!
Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?
Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?
“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!
I have come to the brink of utter ruin,
and now I must face public disgrace.”
and now I must face public disgrace.”
“I was almost in utter ruin
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Drink water from your own cistern
And fresh water from your own well.
And fresh water from your own well.
Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?
Streams of water in the streets?
You should reserve it for yourselves.
Never share it with strangers.
Never share it with strangers.
Let them be yours alone
And not for strangers with you.
And not for strangers with you.
Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts satisfy you always.
May you always be captivated by her love.
Let her breasts satisfy you always.
May you always be captivated by her love.
As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.
Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
examining every path he takes.
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD,
And He watches all his paths.
And He watches all his paths.
An evil man is held captive by his own sins;
they are ropes that catch and hold him.
they are ropes that catch and hold him.
His own iniquities will capture the wicked,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.