| 1 |
My son, 1121 attend 7181-54 unto my wisdom, 2451 [and] bow 5186-54 thine ear 241 to my understanding: 8394 |
| 2 |
That thou mayest regard 8104-2 discretion, 4209 and [that] thy lips 8193 may keep 5341-4 knowledge. 1847 |
| 3 |
For the lips 8193 of a strange woman 2114-5 drop 5197-4 [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 3381-6 to death; 4194 her steps 6806 take hold 8551-4 on hell. 7585 |
| 6 |
Lest thou shouldest ponder 6424-17 the path 734 of life, 2416 her ways 4570 are moveable, 5128-1 [that] thou canst not know 3045-4 [them]. |
| 7 |
Hear 8085-3 me now therefore, O ye children, 1121 and depart 5493-4 not from the words 561 of my mouth. 6310 |
| 8 |
Remove thy way 1870 far 7368-54 from her, and come not nigh 7126-4 the door 6607 of her house: 1004 |
| 9 |
Lest thou give 5414-4 thine honour 1935 unto others, 312 and thy years 8141 unto the cruel: 394 |
| 10 |
Lest strangers 2114-5 be filled 7646-4 with thy wealth; 3581 and thy labours 6089 [be] in the house 1004 of a stranger; 5237 |
| 11 |
And thou mourn 5098-1 at the last, 319 when thy flesh 1320 and thy body 7607 are consumed, 3615-2 |
| 12 |
And say, 559-1 How have I hated 8130-1 instruction, 4148 and my heart 3820 despised 5006-1 reproof; 8433 |
| 13 |
And have not obeyed 8085-1 the voice 6963 of my teachers, 3384-56 nor inclined 5186-52 mine ear 241 to them that instructed 3925-18 me! |
| 14 |
I was almost 4592 in all evil 7451 in the midst 8432 of the congregation 6951 and assembly. 5712 |
| 15 |
Drink 8354-3 waters 4325 out of thine own cistern, 953 and running waters 5140-6 out of 8432 thine own well. 875 |
| 16 |
Let thy fountains 4599 be dispersed 6327-4 abroad, 2351 [and] rivers 6388 of waters 4325 in the streets. 7339 |
| 17 |
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' 2114-5 with thee. |
| 18 |
Let thy fountain 4726 be blessed: 1288-7 and rejoice 8055-3 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 7301-17 thee at all times; 6256 and be thou ravished 7686-4 always 8548 with her love. 160 |
| 20 |
And why wilt thou, my son, 1121 be ravished 7686-4 with a strange woman, 2114-5 and embrace 2263-17 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 6424-18 all his goings. 4570 |
| 22 |
His own iniquities 5771 shall take 3920-4 the wicked 7563 himself, and he shall be holden 8551-11 with the cords 2256 of his sins. 2403 |
| 23 |
He shall die 4191-4 without instruction; 4148 and in the greatness 7230 of his folly 200 he shall go astray. 7686-4 |
