²⁰ Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
    or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

⁵ Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

²⁴ It will keep you from the immoral woman,
    from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

³³ You will see hallucinations,
    and you will say crazy things.

²⁷ A prostitute is a dangerous trap;
    a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
²⁸ She hides and waits like a robber,
    eager to make more men unfaithful.

¹⁴ The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap;
    those who make the Lord angry will fall into it.

¹⁶ Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
    from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
¹⁷ She has abandoned her husband
    and ignores the covenant she made before God.
¹⁸ Entering her house leads to death;
    it is the road to the grave.^[a]
19 The man who visits her is doomed.
    He will never reach the paths of life.