<vn='1'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="7181">attend</s> unto my <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and <sn="5186">bow</s> thine <sn="241">ear</s> to my <sn="8394">understanding</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>That thou mayest <sn="8104">regard</s><sn="4209">discretion</s>, and that thy <sn="8193">lips</s> may <sn="5341">keep</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="8193">lips</s> of a strange <sn="2114">woman</s><sn="5197">drop</s> as a <sn="5317">honeycomb</s>, and her <sn="2441">mouth</s> is <sn="2509">smoother</s> than <sn="4480 8081">oil</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>But her <sn="319">end</s> is <sn="4751">bitter</s> as <sn="3939">wormwood</s>, <sn="2299">sharp</s> as a <sn="6310">twoedged</s><sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Her <sn="7272">feet</s> go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="4194">death</s>; her <sn="6806">steps</s> take <sn="8551">hold</s> on <sn="7585">hell</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="6435">Lest</s> thou shouldest <sn="6424">ponder</s> the <sn="734">path</s> of <sn="2416">life</s>, her <sn="4570">ways</s> are <sn="5128">movable</s>, that thou canst <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s> them. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="8085">Hear</s> me <sn="6258">now</s> therefore, O ye <sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="5493">depart</s><sn="408">not</s> from the <sn="4480 561">words</s> of my <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Remove thy way <sn="7368 1870">far</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> her, and come not <sn="7126 408 413">nigh</s> the <sn="6607">door</s> of her <sn="1004">house</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="6435">Lest</s> thou <sn="5414">give</s> thine <sn="1935">honor</s> unto <sn="312">others</s>, and thy <sn="8141">years</s> unto the <sn="394">cruel</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="6435">Lest</s><sn="2114">strangers</s> be <sn="7646">filled</s> with thy <sn="3581">wealth</s>; and thy <sn="6089">labors</s> be in the <sn="1004">house</s> of a <sn="5237">stranger</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>And thou <sn="5098">mourn</s> at the <sn="319">last</s>, when thy <sn="1320">flesh</s> and thy <sn="7607">body</s> are <sn="3615">consumed</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="349">How</s> have I <sn="8130">hated</s><sn="4148">instruction</s>, and my <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="5006">despised</s><sn="8433">reproof</s>; </v>
<vn='13'>And have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obeyed</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of my <sn="3384">teachers</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5186">inclined</s> mine <sn="241">ear</s> to them that <sn="3925">instructed</s> me! </v>
<vn='14'>I <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4592">almost</s> in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="6951">congregation</s> and <sn="5712">assembly</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="8354">Drink</s><sn="4325">waters</s> out of thine own <sn="4480 953">cistern</s>, and running <sn="5140">waters</s> out <sn="4480 8432">of</s> thine own <sn="875">well</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Let thy <sn="4599">fountains</s> be <sn="6327">dispersed</s><sn="2351">abroad</s>, and <sn="6388">rivers</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Let them <sn="1961">be</s><sn="905">only</s> thine own, and <sn="369">not</s><sn="2114">strangers</s> ' <sn="854">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='18'>Let thy <sn="4726">fountain</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="1288">blessed</s>: and <sn="8055">rejoice</s> with the <sn="4480 802">wife</s> of thy <sn="5271">youth</s>. </v>
<vn='19'> Let her be as the <sn="158">loving</s><sn="365">hind</s> and <sn="2580">pleasant</s><sn="3280">roe</s>; let her <sn="1717">breasts</s><sn="7301">satisfy</s> thee at <sn="3605">all</s><sn="6256">times</s>; and be thou <sn="7686">ravished</s><sn="8548">always</s> with her <sn="160">love</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="4100">why</s> wilt thou, my <sn="1121">son</s>, be <sn="7686">ravished</s> with a strange <sn="2114">woman</s>, and <sn="2263">embrace</s> the <sn="2436">bosom</s> of a <sn="5237">stranger</s>? </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="1870">ways</s> of <sn="376">man</s> are <sn="5227">before</s> the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and he <sn="6424">pondereth</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4570">goings</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>His own <sn="5771">iniquities</s> shall <sn="3920">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> himself, and he shall be <sn="8551">holden</s> with the <sn="2256">cords</s> of his <sn="2403">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1931">He</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s><sn="369">without</s><sn="4148">instruction</s>; and in the <sn="7230">greatness</s> of his <sn="200">folly</s> he shall go <sn="7686">astray</s>. </v>