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5:1  My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
5:2  that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
5:3  For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
5:4  But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
5:5  Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
5:6  She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
5:7  Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
5:8  Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
5:9  lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
5:10  lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
5:11  You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
5:12  and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
5:13  neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
5:14  I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."
5:15  Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
5:16  Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?
5:17  Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
5:18  Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
5:19  A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
5:20  For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
5:21  For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
5:22  The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
5:23  He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.