3 For the lips of *a forbidden* woman drip honey,

and her speech* 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 follow the path to* Sheol;

6 she *does not ponder the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

7 And *now, O sons, listen to me,

and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep your way far from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,