Proverbs 5:1-12

5:1My son, pay attention to my wisdom;
listen closely to my understanding
2so that you may maintain discretion
and your lips safeguard knowledge.
3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,
4in the end she's as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
5Her feet go down to death;
her steps head straight for Sheol.
6She doesn't consider the path of life;
she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.
7So now, my sons, listen to me,
and don't turn away from the words of my mouth.
8Keep your way far from her.
Don't go near the door of her house.
9Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;
10strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner's house.
11At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,
12and you will say, "How I hated discipline,
and how my heart despised correction.