My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

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

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

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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

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

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.