Proverbs 5

3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey

and her words are  * 5:3 Lit her palate is smoother than oil,

4 in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood  * 5:4 Pr 5:8–11; 6:32–33; Ec 7:26

and as sharp as a double-edged sword.  * 5:4 Ps 55:21; 57:4

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps head straight for Sheol.  * 5:5 Pr 7:27; 9:18

6 She doesn’t consider the path of life;

she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

7 So now, sons, listen to me,

and don’t turn away from the words from my mouth.  * 5:7 Pr 7:24

8 Keep your way far from her.

Don’t go near the door of her house.  * 5:8 Pr 2:18; 7:8; 9:14

9 Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others

and your years to someone cruel;