5:1 My son, attend to my wisdom, {and} bow thy ear to my understanding: 
5:1 My son, attend to my wisdom, {and} bow thy ear to my understanding: 

5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and {that} thy lips may keep knowledge. 
5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and {that} thy lips may keep knowledge. 

5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} a honey-comb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: 
5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: 

5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 
5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 

5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 
5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 

5:6 Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, {that} thou canst not know {them}. 
5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, {that} thou canst not know {them}. 

5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 
5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 

5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 
5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not near the door of her house: 

5:9 Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel: 
5:9 Lest thou give thy honour to others, and thy years to the cruel: 

5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors {be} in the house of a stranger; 
5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours {be} in the house of a stranger; 

5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 
5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 

5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 
5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 

5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me! 
5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me! 

5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 
5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 

5:15 Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well. 
5:15 Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well. 

5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, {and} rivers of waters in the streets. 
5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, {and} rivers of waters in the streets. 

5:17 Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee. 
5:17 Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee. 

5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 
5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 

5:19 {Let her be as} the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 
5:19 {Let her be as} the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 

5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 
5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 

5:21 For the ways of man {are} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 
5:21 For the ways of man {are} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 

5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 
5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 

5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 
5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.