to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.