1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
         
                                
                        2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
         
                                
                        3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
         
                                
                        4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
         
                                
                        5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
         
                                
                        6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
         
                                
                        7 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.