1 My son 1121, attend 7181 unto my wisdom 2451, and bow 5186 thine ear 241 to my understanding 8394:
2 That thou mayest regard 8104 discretion 4209, and that thy lips 8193 may keep 5341 knowledge 1847.
3 For the lips 8193 of a strange 2114 woman drop 5197 as an honeycomb 5317, and her mouth 2441 is smoother 2509 than oil 8081:
4 But her end 319 is bitter 4751 as wormwood 3939, sharp 2299 as a twoedged 6310 sword 2719.
5 Her feet 7272 go down 3381 to death 4194; her steps 6806 take hold 8551 on hell 7585.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder 6424 the path 734 of life 2416, her ways 4570 are moveable 5128, that thou canst not know 3045 them.
7 Hear 8085 me now therefore, O ye children 1121, and depart 5493 not from the words 561 of my mouth 6310.
8 Remove 7368 0 thy way 1870 far 7368 from her, and come not nigh 7126 the door 6607 of her house 1004:
9 Lest thou give 5414 thine honour 1935 unto others 312, and thy years 8141 unto the cruel 394:
10 Lest strangers 2114 be filled 7646 with thy wealth 3581; and thy labours 6089 be in the house 1004 of a stranger 5237;
11 And thou mourn 5098 at the last 319, when thy flesh 1320 and thy body 7607 are consumed 3615,
12 And say 559, How have I hated 8130 instruction 4148, and my heart 3820 despised 5006 reproof 8433;
13 And have not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of my teachers 3384, nor inclined 5186 mine ear 241 to them that instructed 3925 me!
14 I was almost 4592 in all evil 7451 in the midst 8432 of the congregation 6951 and assembly 5712.
15 Drink 8354 waters 4325 out of thine own cistern 953, and running waters 5140 out of 8432 thine own well 875.
16 Let thy fountains 4599 be dispersed 6327 abroad 2351, and rivers 6388 of waters 4325 in the streets 7339.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers 2114' with thee.
18 Let thy fountain 4726 be blessed 1288: and rejoice 8055 with the wife 802 of thy youth 5271.
19 Let her be as the loving 158 hind 365 and pleasant 2580 roe 3280; let her breasts 1717 satisfy 7301 thee at all times 6256; and be thou ravished 7686 always 8548 with her love 160.
20 And why wilt thou, my son 1121, be ravished 7686 with a strange woman 2114, and embrace 2263 the bosom 2436 of a stranger 5237?
21 For the ways 1870 of man 376 are before 5227 the eyes 5869 of the LORD 3068, and he pondereth 6424 all his goings 4570.
22 His own iniquities 5771 shall take 3920 the wicked 7563 himself, and he shall be holden 8551 with the cords 2256 of his sins 2403.
23 He shall die 4191 without instruction 4148; and in the greatness 7230 of his folly 200 he shall go astray 7686.