1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow…
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy…
3For the lips of a strange woman drop…
4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp…
5Her feet go down to death; her steps…
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life,…
7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and…
8Remove thy way far from her, and come…
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and…
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and…
11And thou mourn at the last, when thy…
12And say, How have I hated instruction, and…
13And have not obeyed the voice of my…
14I was almost in all evil in the…
15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and…
16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers…
17Let them be only thine own, and not…
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with…
19Let her be as the loving hind and…
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished…
21For the ways of man are before the…
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,…
23He shall die without instruction; and in the…
