English Standard Version

Proverbs 5:4-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

4. but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

5. Her feet go down to death;her steps follow the path to Sheol;

6. she does not ponder the path of life;her ways wander, and she does not know it.

7. And now, O sons, listen to me,and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8. Keep your way far from her,and do not go near the door of her house,

9. lest you give your honor to othersand your years to the merciless,

10. lest strangers take their fill of your strength,and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

11. and at the end of your life you groan,when your flesh and body are consumed,