5:1   My son, if you listen closely to my wisdom and good sense,

5:2   you will have sound judgment, and you will always know the right thing to say.

5:3   The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.

5:4   But all that you really get from being with her is bitter poison and pain.

5:5   If you follow her, she will lead you down to the world of the dead.

5:6   She has missed the path that leads to life and doesn't even know it.

5:7   My son, listen to me and do everything I say.

5:8   Stay away from a bad woman! Don't even go near the door of her house.

5:9   You will lose your self-respect and end up in debt to some cruel person for the rest of your life.

5:10   Strangers will get your money and everything else you have worked for.

5:11   When it's all over, your body will waste away, as you groan

5:12   and shout, "I hated advice and correction!

5:13   I paid no attention to my teachers,

5:14   and now I am disgraced in front of everyone."

5:15   You should be faithful to your wife, just as you take water from your own well.

5:16   And don't be like a stream from which just any woman may take a drink.

5:17   Save yourself for your wife and don't have sex with other women.

5:18   Be happy with the wife you married when you were young.

5:19   She is beautiful and graceful, just like a deer; you should be attracted to her and stay deeply in love.

5:20   Don't go crazy over a woman who is unfaithful to her own husband!

5:21   The LORD sees everything, and he watches us closely.

5:22   Sinners are trapped and caught by their own evil deeds.

5:23   They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control.