3 For the lips of an interloping 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 does not find the level path of life. Her ways are unstable, [and] she does not know.

7 Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

9 lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,