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Hear me now therefore, O ye children,
and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her,
and come not nigh the door of her house:
lest thou give thine honour unto others,
and thy years unto the cruel:

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Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
Keep to a path far from her,(B)
    do not go near the door of her house,
lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years