Proverbs

³For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; [Ezek. 20:30; Col. 2:8-10; II Pet. 2:14-17.] ⁴But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword. ⁵Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). ⁶She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them. ⁷Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. ⁸Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation], [Prov. 4:15; Rom. 16:17; I Thess. 5:19-22.] ⁹Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy,