7. Now, my sons, listen to me,and don’t ignore what I say.
8. Stay away from such a woman.Don’t even go near the door of her house,
9. or you will give your riches to others,and the best years of your life will be given to someone cruel.
10. Strangers will enjoy your wealth,and what you worked so hard for will go to someone else.
11. You will groan at the end of your lifewhen your health is gone.
12. Then you will say, “I hated being told what to do!I would not listen to correction!
13. I would not listen to my teachersor pay attention to my instructors.
14. I came close to being completely ruinedin front of a whole group of people.”
15. Be faithful to your own wife,just as you drink water from your own well.
16. Don’t pour your water in the streets;don’t give your love to just any woman.
17. These things are yours aloneand shouldn’t be shared with strangers.
18. Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.She gives you joy, as your fountain gives you water.