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5:1  Listen to me, my son! I know what I am saying; listen!
5:2  Watch yourself, lest you be indiscreet and betray some vital information.
5:3  For the lips of a prostitute are as sweet as honey, and smooth flattery is her stock-in-trade.
5:4  But afterwards only a bitter conscience is left to you, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5:5  She leads you down to death and hell.
5:6  For she does not know the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t even realize where it leads.
5:7  Young men, listen to me, and never forget what I’m about to say:
5:8  Run from her! Don’t go near her house,
5:9  lest you fall to her temptation and lose your honor, and give the remainder of your life to the cruel and merciless;
5:10  lest strangers obtain your wealth, and you become a slave of foreigners.
5:11  Lest afterwards you groan in anguish and in shame when syphilis consumes your body,
5:12  and you say, “Oh, if only I had listened! If only I had not demanded my own way!
5:13  Oh, why wouldn’t I take advice? Why was I so stupid?
5:14  For now I must face public disgrace.”
5:15  Drink from your own well, my son—be faithful and true to your wife.
5:16  Why should you beget children with women of the street?
5:17  Why share your children with those outside your home?
5:18  Be happy, yes, rejoice in the wife of your youth.
5:19  Let her breasts and tender embrace satisfy you. Let her love alone fill you with delight.
5:20  Why delight yourself with prostitutes, embracing what isn’t yours?
5:21  For God is closely watching you, and he weighs carefully everything you do.
5:22  The wicked man is doomed by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.
5:23  He shall die because he will not listen to the truth; he has let himself be led away into incredible folly.