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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.
Then you will show discernment,
and your lips will express what you’ve learned.
and your lips will express what you’ve learned.
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.
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.
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.
Lest you ponder her path of life —
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
Her ways are unstable;
You do not know them.
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:
Therefore hear me now, my children,
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!
Remove 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.
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.
In the end you will groan in anguish
when disease consumes your body.
when disease consumes your body.
And you mourn at last,
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 say:
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
“How I have hated instruction,
And my heart despised correction!
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 obeyed the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
Nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
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 on the verge of total ruin,
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”
Drink water from your own cistern,
And running water from your own well.
And running water from your own well.
You should reserve it for yourselves.
Never share it with strangers.
Never share it with strangers.
Let them be only your own,
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 with the wife of your youth.
And rejoice with 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.
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 enraptured by an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
examining every path he takes.
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 entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.