Proverbs

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, ¹⁰Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]– ¹¹And you groan and mourn when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed,