Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
My son, pay
attention
to
my wisdom .
Turn
your
ear to my understanding:
My son, attend
unto
my wisdom ,
and
bow
thine
ear to my understanding:
That you
may
maintain
discretion, That your
lips may preserve
knowledge.
That thou
mayest
regard
discretion, and
that thy
lips may keep
knowledge.
For the lips of an adulteress
drip
honey.
Her mouth is smoother than oil ,
For the lips of a
strange
woman
drop
as
an honeycomb,
and
her mouth is smoother than oil :
But in
the
end she
is as
bitter as wormwood, And
as
sharp as a two-edged sword.
But her
end is bitter as wormwood, 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 take
hold
on
hell
.
She
gives
no
thought
to
the way
of life .
Her ways are crooked
, and
she
doesn't
know it
.
Lest
thou
shouldest
ponder
the path
of life ,
her ways are moveable
, that
thou
canst
not
know them
.
Now therefore, my
sons
, listen
to
me.
Don't
depart from the words of my mouth.
Hear
me
now therefore, O
ye
children
, and
depart not
from the words of my mouth.
Remove your
way far from her .
Don't
come near
the door of her house ,
Remove thy
way far from her ,
and
come not
nigh
the door of her house :
Lest you
give your
honor
to
others, And your
years to
the cruel one;
Lest thou
give thine
honour
unto
others, and thy
years unto
the cruel :
Lest strangers feast
on
your
wealth ,
And your
labors
enrich
another
man's
house .
Lest strangers be
filled
with
thy
wealth ;
and thy
labours
be
in
the
house of
a
stranger;
You
will
groan
at your
latter
end
, When your
flesh and your
body are consumed,
And
thou
mourn
at the
last
, when thy
flesh and thy
body are consumed,
And say, "
How I
have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
And say, How have I
hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Neither
have I
obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned
my
ear to those
who
instructed me!
And
have not
obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined
mine
ear to them
that
instructed me!
I have
come
to
the
brink
of
utter
ruin,
In the midst of the gathered
assembly. "
I was
almost
in all
evil
in
the midst of the congregation
and
assembly.
Drink water
out of your
own cistern, Running water
out of your
own well.
Drink waters
out of thine
own cistern, and
running waters
out of thine
own well.
Should
your
springs
overflow
in
the
streets
, Streams
of water
in the public
squares?
Let
thy
fountains
be
dispersed
abroad
, and
rivers
of waters
in the streets.
Let them be for
yourself
alone
, Not for
strangers with you
.
Let them be only
thine
own
, and
not strangers '
with thee
.
Let your
spring
be blessed .
Rejoice in
the wife of your
youth.
Let thy
fountain
be blessed :
and
rejoice with
the wife of thy
youth.
A
loving doe
and a
graceful
deer--
Let her breasts satisfy you
at all times .
Be captivated
always with her love.
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.
For
why should
you
, my son, be captivated
with an
adulteress?
Why
embrace the bosom of another
?
And
why wilt
thou
, my son, be ravished
with a
strange
woman,
and
embrace the bosom of a
stranger
?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh.
He examines
all his paths
.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
LORD,
and
he pondereth
all his goings
.
The
evil
deeds
of
the wicked ensnare
him.
The cords of his sin
hold
him
firmly
.
His
own
iniquities
shall
take
the wicked himself,
and
he
shall
be
holden
with
the cords of his sins
.
He will
die for
lack
of
instruction .
In the greatness of his folly ,
he will
go astray.
He shall
die without
instruction ;
and
in the greatness of his folly he shall
go astray.
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