5:1 My son 1121, attend 7181 8685 unto my wisdom 2451, [and] bow 5186 8685 thine ear 241 to my understanding 8394:

5:2 That thou mayest regard 8104 8800 discretion 4209, and [that] thy lips 8193 may keep 5341 8799 knowledge 1847.

5:3 For the lips 8193 of a strange woman 2114 8801 drop 5197 8799 [as] an honeycomb 5317, and her mouth 2441 [is] smoother 2509 than oil 8081:(mouth: Heb. palate)

5:4 But her end 319 is bitter 4751 as wormwood 3939, sharp 2299 as a twoedged 6310 sword 2719.

5:5 Her feet 7272 go down 3381 8802 to death 4194; her steps 6806 take hold 8551 8799 on hell 7585.

5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder 6424 8762 the path 734 of life 2416, her ways 4570 are moveable 5128 8804, [that] thou canst not know 3045 8799 [them].

5:7 Hear 8085 8798 me now therefore, O ye children 1121, and depart 5493 8799 not from the words 561 of my mouth 6310.

5:8 Remove 7368 0 thy way 1870 far 7368 8685 from her, and come not nigh 7126 8799 the door 6607 of her house 1004:

5:9 Lest thou give 5414 8799 thine honour 1935 unto others 312, and thy years 8141 unto the cruel 394:

5:10 Lest strangers 2114 8801 be filled 7646 8799 with thy wealth 3581; and thy labours 6089 [be] in the house 1004 of a stranger 5237;(thy wealth: Heb. thy strength)

5:11 And thou mourn 5098 8804 at the last 319, when thy flesh 1320 and thy body 7607 are consumed 3615 8800,

5:12 And say 559 8804, How have I hated 8130 8804 instruction 4148, and my heart 3820 despised 5006 8804 reproof 8433;

5:13 And have not obeyed 8085 8804 the voice 6963 of my teachers 3384 8688, nor inclined 5186 8689 mine ear 241 to them that instructed 3925 8764 me!

5:14 I was almost 4592 in all evil 7451 in the midst 8432 of the congregation 6951 and assembly 5712.

5:15 Drink 8354 8798 waters 4325 out of thine own cistern 953, and running waters 5140 8802 out of 8432 thine own well 875.

5:16 Let thy fountains 4599 be dispersed 6327 8799 abroad 2351, [and] rivers 6388 of waters 4325 in the streets 7339.

5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' 2114 8801 with thee.

5:18 Let thy fountain 4726 be blessed 1288 8803: and rejoice 8055 8798 with the wife 802 of thy youth 5271.

5:19 [Let her be as] the loving 158 hind 365 and pleasant 2580 roe 3280; let her breasts 1717 satisfy 7301 8762 thee at all times 6256; and be thou ravished 7686 8799 always 8548 with her love 160.(satisfy…: Heb. water thee)(be thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love)

5:20 And why wilt thou, my son 1121, be ravished 7686 8799 with a strange woman 2114 8801, and embrace 2263 8762 the bosom 2436 of a stranger 5237?

5:21 For the ways 1870 of man 376 [are] before 5227 the eyes 5869 of the LORD 3068, and he pondereth 6424 8764 all his goings 4570.

5:22 His own iniquities 5771 shall take 3920 8799 the wicked 7563 himself, and he shall be holden 8551 8735 with the cords 2256 of his sins 2403.(sins: Heb. sin)