22 for they are life to him who found them, and health to all his body.

23 Guard your heart more than all that you keep, for out of it are the fountains of life.

24 Put away from you the deceit of your mouth, and remove the deceit of your tongue from you.

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelashes be directed straight before you.

26 Consider the path of thy foot, and let all thy ways be firm.

27 Turn not to the right hand or to the left; Remove thy foot from evil;

28 For the Lord watches over the right ways, but the left ones are corrupt.

29 And he shall make thy ways straight, and shall make thy marches in peace.]

Chapter 5

1 My son! Give heed to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my understanding;

2 To keep prudence, and that thy mouth may keep knowledge. [Do not heed a flattering woman;]

3 For the mouth of a strange woman pours out honey, and her speech is softer than oil;

4 But the consequences of it are bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword;

5 Her feet descend to death, her feet reach to hell.

6 If thou wouldst comprehend the path of her life, her ways are not constant, and thou shalt not know them.

7 Therefore, children, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep thy way farther from her, and come not near the door of her house,

9 lest thy health be given to others, nor thy years to the tormentor;

10 lest strangers be satisfied with thy power, and thy labours be for a stranger's house.

11 And thou shalt groan afterwards, when thy flesh and thy body are exhausted,

12 And you will say, "Why did I hate instruction, and my heart despised reproof?