1	My son, attend# unto my wisdom, and bow# thine ear to my understanding:
			2	That thou mayest regard# discretion, and that thy lips may keep# knowledge.
			3	For the lips of a strange woman# drop# as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: [mouth: Heb. palate]
			4	But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
			5	Her feet go down# to death; her steps take hold# on hell.
			6	Lest thou shouldest ponder# the path of life, her ways are moveable# , that thou canst not know# them .
			7	Hear# me now therefore, O ye children, and depart# not from the words of my mouth.
			8	Remove# thy way far# from her, and come not nigh# the door of her house:
			9	Lest thou give# thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
			10	Lest strangers# be filled# with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; [thy wealth: Heb. thy strength]
			11	And thou mourn# at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed# ,
			12	And say# , How have I hated# instruction, and my heart despised# reproof;
			13	And have not obeyed# the voice of my teachers# , nor inclined# mine ear to them that instructed# me!
			14	I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
			15	Drink# waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters# out of thine own well.
			16	Let thy fountains be dispersed# abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
			17	Let them be only thine own, and not strangers# ' with thee.
			18	Let thy fountain be blessed# : and rejoice# with the wife of thy youth.
			19	Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy# thee at all times; and be thou ravished# always with her love. [satisfy...: Heb. water thee] [be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love]
			20	And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished# with a strange woman# , and embrace# the bosom of a stranger?
			21	For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth# all his goings.
			22	His own iniquities shall take# the wicked himself, and he shall be holden# with the cords of his sins. [sins: Heb. sin]
			23	He shall die# without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray# .