1: Dear friend, pay close attention to this, my wisdom; listen very closely to the way I see it.
2: Then you'll acquire a taste for good sense; what I tell you will keep you out of trouble.
3: The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth.
4: But it won't be long before she's gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.
5: She's dancing down the primrose path to Death; she's headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.
6: She hasn't a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she's going.
7: So, my friend, listen closely; don't treat my words casually.
8: Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.
9: You don't want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.
10: Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?
11: You don't want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones,
12: Saying, "Oh, why didn't I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life?
13: Why didn't I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously?
14: My life is ruined! I haven't one blessed thing to show for my life!"
15: Do you know the saying, "Drink from your own rain barrel, draw water from your own spring-fed well"?
16: It's true. Otherwise, you may one day come home and find your barrel empty and your well polluted.
17: Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers.
18: Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man!
19: Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose--don't ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted!
20: Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?
21: Mark well that GOD doesn't miss a move you make; he's aware of every step you take.
22: The shadow of your sin will overtake you; you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.
23: Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.