✧1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding, Copy✧2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. Copy✧3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, Copy✧4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. Copy✧5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. Copy✧6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it. Copy✧7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth. Copy✧8Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house, Copy✧9lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;