Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
My son, pay attention to my wisdom ;
incline
your ear to my insight,
My son, pay attention to my wisdom .
Turn
your ear to my understanding:
that you may maintain discretion and
your lips may preserve knowledge.
That you may maintain discretion ,
That
your lips may preserve knowledge.
Though
the lips of the
forbidden
woman
drip honey and
her speech
is smoother than oil,
For
the lips of an
adulteress
drip honey .
Her mouth
is smoother than oil,
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double
-edged sword.
But
in the end she is as
bitter as wormwood, And
as
sharp as a two
-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death ;
her steps lead straight to Sheol.
Her feet go down to death .
Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
She does
not
consider
the path
of life ;
she
does
not
know
that
her ways are unstable
.
She gives
no
thought
to
the way
of life .
Her ways are crooked,
and
she
doesn't
know
it
.
So
now, my sons, listen to me ,
and
do
not
turn
aside
from the words of my mouth.
Now therefore
, my sons, listen to me .
Don't
depart
from the words of my mouth.
Keep
your path
far from her ;
do
not
go
near the door of her house,
Remove
your way
far from her .
Don't
come
near the door of her house,
lest you concede
your vigor
to others, and your years to one
who
is
cruel;
Lest you give
your honor
to others, And your years to the
cruel one
;
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the
house of
a
foreigner
.
Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another
man's
house.
At
the
end
of
your
life
you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent
,
You will groan at
your
latter
end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed
,
and you
will
say, “
How I hated discipline
, and my heart despised reproof !
And say, "
How I have
hated instruction
, And my heart despised reproof ;
I did
not
listen
to
the voice of my teachers or
incline
my ear to my
mentors.
Neither
have
I obeyed
the voice of my teachers ,
Nor
turned
my ear to those
who
instructed
me!
I am
on
the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole
assembly. ”
I have
come
to
the brink of utter ruin ,
In the midst of the gathered
assembly. "
Drink water from
your own cistern, and
running water from
your own well.
Drink water out
of
your own cistern, Running water out
of
your own well.
Why
should your springs flow
in the streets, your
streams of water in the public squares?
Should your springs overflow
in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?
Let them be yours
alone, never
to
be
shared
with
strangers.
Let them be for
yourself
alone, Not
for
strangers with
you
.
May
your fountain
be blessed ,
and
may
you
rejoice in the wife of your youth :
Let
your spring
be blessed .
Rejoice in the wife of your youth .
A loving doe ,
a graceful fawn—
may
her breasts satisfy you always;
may
you
be captivated by
her love forever
.
A loving doe and
a graceful deer--
Let
her breasts satisfy you at
all
times.
Be captivated always
with
her love.
Why be
captivated
, my son, by
an adulteress ,
or
embrace the bosom of a
stranger
?
For
why should
you
, my son, be
captivated
with
an adulteress ?
Why
embrace the bosom of another
?
For a
man’s
ways are before the eyes of the
LORD,
and
the
LORD
examines all his paths.
For the
ways of
man
are before the eyes of Yahweh.
He
examines all his paths.
The iniquities
of a
wicked man
entrap
him ;
the cords of his sin entangle
him.
The evil
deeds
of the
wicked ensnare
him .
The cords of his sin hold
him firmly
.
He dies
for lack of discipline,
led
astray
by
his own
great
folly.
He will
die
for lack of instruction.
In
the
greatness
of
his folly ,
he
will
go
astray
.
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