1My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline…
2that you may maintain discretion and your lips…
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip…
4in the end she is bitter as wormwood,…
5Her feet go down to death; her steps…
6She does not consider the path of life;…
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and…
8Keep your path far from her; do not…
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and…
10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your…
11At the end of your life you will…
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline,…
13I did not listen to the voice of…
14I am on the brink of utter ruin…
15Drink water from your own cistern, and running…
16Why should your springs flow in the streets,…
17Let them be yours alone, never to be…
18May your fountain be blessed, and may you…
19A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts…
20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,…
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes…
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him;…
23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray…
