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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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.

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 the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.