3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey

and her words are  * smoother than oil,

4 in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood  *

and as sharp as a double-edged sword.  *

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps head straight for Sheol.  *

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.  *

8 Keep your way far from her.

Don’t go near the door of her house.  *

9 Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others

and your years to someone cruel;