Proverbs 5:1–8

AVOID SEDUCTION

5 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;

listen closelyD to my understandingu

2 so that you may maintain discretion

and your lips safeguard knowledge.v

3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey

and her words areE smoother than oil,

4 in the end she’s as bitter as wormwoodw

and as sharp as a double-edged sword.x

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps head straight for Sheol.y

6 She doesn’t consider the path of life;

she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

7 So now, sons, listen to me,

and don’t turn away from the words from my mouth.z

8 Keep your way far from her.

Don’t go near the door of her house.aa