New American Bible, Revised Edition

Proverbs 5:3-11 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

3. Indeed, the lips of the stranger drip honey,and her mouth is smoother than oil;

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

5. Her feet go down to death,her steps reach Sheol;

6. Her paths ramble, you know not where,lest you see before you the road to life.

7. So now, children, listen to me,do not stray from the words of my mouth.

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

9. Lest you give your honor to others,and your years to a merciless one;

10. Lest outsiders take their fill of your wealth,and your hard-won earnings go to another’s house;

11. And you groan in the end,when your flesh and your body are consumed;