Pro 5:3-14 | ESV | STEP | For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey , and her speech is smoother than oil ,

Proverbs 5:3-14

3 For the lips of ^aa forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange; also verse 20} woman drip honey,
and her speech ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is ^dsmoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is ^ebitter as ^fwormwood,
^gsharp as ^ha two-edged sword.
5 Her feet ⁱgo down to death;
her steps follow the path to ^{▼▼Hebrew lay hold of} Sheol;
6 she ^kdoes not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And ^lnow, 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 others
and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your ^mlabors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you ⁿgroan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, ^o“How I hated discipline,
and my heart ^pdespised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 ^qI am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”