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¹ My son, if you listen closely
    to my wisdom and good sense,
² you will have sound judgment,
    and you will always know
    the right thing to say.
³ The words of an immoral woman
may be as sweet as honey
    and as smooth as olive oil.
⁴ But all that you really get
from being with her
    is bitter poison and pain.
⁵ If you follow her,
she will lead you down
    to the world of the dead.
⁶ She has missed the path
that leads to life
    and doesn't even know it.

⁷ My son, listen to me
    and do everything I say.
⁸ Stay away from a bad woman!
    Don't even go near the door
    of her house.
⁹ You will lose your self-respect
    and end up in debt
    to some cruel person
    for the rest of your life.
¹⁰ Strangers will get your money
    and everything else
    you have worked for.
¹¹ When it's all over,
your body will waste away,
    as you groan ¹² and shout,
"I hated advice and correction!
¹³ I paid no attention
    to my teachers,
¹⁴     and now I am disgraced
    in front of everyone."

¹⁵ You should be faithful
    to your wife,
    just as you take water
    from your own well.^[a]
16 And don't be like a stream
    from which just any woman
    may take a drink.
¹⁷ Save yourself for your wife
    and don't have sex
    with other women.
¹⁸ Be happy with the wife
you married
    when you were young.
¹⁹ She is beautiful and graceful,
    just like a deer;
    you should be attracted to her
    and stay deeply in love.

²⁰ Don't go crazy over a woman
    who is unfaithful
    to her own husband!
²¹ The Lord sees everything,
    and he watches us closely.
²² Sinners are trapped and caught
    by their own evil deeds.
²³ They get lost and die
because of their foolishness
    and lack of self-control.