Proverbs 4:20–5:6

20  kMy son, be attentive to my words;

incline your ear to my sayings.

21  lLet them not escape from your sight;

mkeep them within your heart.

22  For they are nlife to those who find them,

and healing to all their2 flesh.

23  Keep your heart with all vigilance,

for ofrom it flow pthe springs of life.

24  Put away from you qcrooked speech,

and put rdevious talk far from you.

25  sLet your eyes look directly forward,

and your gaze be straight before you.

26  tPonder3 the path of your feet;

uthen all your ways will be sure.

27  vDo not swerve to the right or to the left;

turn your foot away from evil.

Warning Against Adultery

5 wMy son, be attentive to my wisdom;

xincline your ear to my understanding,

2  that you may keep ydiscretion,

and your lips may zguard knowledge.

3  For the lips of aa forbidden1 woman drip honey,

and her speech2 is bsmoother than oil,

4  but in the end she is cbitter as dwormwood,

esharp as fa two-edged sword.

5  Her feet ggo down to death;

her steps follow the path to3 Sheol;

6  she hdoes not ponder the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.