3 For the lips of an adulteress drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that thou canst not know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not near the door of her house:

9 Lest thou give thy honour to others, and thy years to the cruel: