at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:

If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you.

My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,

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

he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.

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

She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.