Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

智慧要救你脱离淫妇，就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。

智慧要救你远离陌生女子，远离那油嘴滑舌的外邦女子。

智慧要救你远离陌生女子，远离那油嘴滑舌的外邦女子。

智慧要救你脱离淫妇，脱离花言巧语的妓女。

智慧要救你脱离淫妇，脱离说谄媚话的妓女。

这也是要解救你远离淫妇，远离说谄媚话的淫荡女子——

智慧要救你脫離淫婦，就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。

智慧要救你遠離陌生女子，遠離那油嘴滑舌的外邦女子。

智慧要救你遠離陌生女子，遠離那油嘴滑舌的外邦女子。

智慧要救你脫離淫婦，脫離花言巧語的妓女。

智慧要救你脫離淫婦，脫離說諂媚話的妓女。

智慧必援救你遠離陌生婦人，遠離說諂媚話的外女；

這也是要解救你遠離淫婦，遠離說諂媚話的淫蕩女子——

維彼智慧、必援爾於淫婦、即諂言之外婦、

淫婦善媚、爾既守道、免為所惑、

明哲亦救爾脫於淫婦、脫於諂言之遊女、遊女原文作外女

Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,

Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,

To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,

To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk,

To deliver thee from the strange woman,[ even] from the stranger[ which] flattereth with her words;

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

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.

A woman who hunts a man down is more painful than death. Her heart is like a trap. Her hands are like chains. A man who pleases God will try to get away from her. But she will trap a sinner.

An unfaithful wife is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.

They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.I stood at the window of my house. I looked down through it.Among those who were childish I saw a young man who had no sense.He went down the street near that sinful woman’s corner. He walked toward her house.The sun had gone down, and the day was fading. The darkness of night was falling.A woman came out to meet him. She was dressed like a prostitute and had a clever plan.She was wild and pushy. She never stayed at home.Sometimes she’s in the streets. Sometimes she’s at other places. At every corner she waits.She took hold of the young man and kissed him. With a bold face she spoke to him. She said,“ Today I offered what I promised I would. At home I have meat left over from my fellowship offering.So I came out to meet you. I looked for you and have found you!I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt.I’ve perfumed my bed with spices. I used myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning. Let’s enjoy ourselves by sleeping together!My husband isn’t home. He’s gone on a long journey.He took his bag full of money. He won’t be home for several days.”She led him astray with her clever words. She charmed him with her smooth talk.All at once he followed her. He was like an ox going to be killed. He was like a deer stepping into a trapuntil an arrow struck its liver. He was like a bird rushing into a trap. Little did he know it would cost him his life!

Joseph’s master saw that the Lord was with him. He saw that the Lord made Joseph successful in everything he did.So Potiphar was pleased with Joseph and made him his attendant. He put Joseph in charge of his house. He trusted Joseph to take care of everything he owned.From that time on, the Lord blessed Potiphar’s family and servants because of Joseph. He blessed everything Potiphar had in his house and field.So Joseph took good care of everything Potiphar owned. With Joseph in charge, Potiphar didn’t have to worry about anything except the food he ate. Joseph was strong and handsome.After a while, his master’s wife noticed Joseph. She said to him,“ Come to bed with me!”But he refused.“ My master has put me in charge,” he told her.“ Now he doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn’t held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?”She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn’t go to bed with her. He didn’t even want to be with her.One day Joseph went into the house to take care of his duties. None of the family servants was inside.Potiphar’s wife grabbed him by his coat.“ Come to bed with me!” she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.

The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit. Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.

A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.But in the end she is like bitter poison. She cuts like a sword that has two edges.Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to the grave.She doesn’t give any thought to her way of life. Her paths have no direction, but she doesn’t realize it.My sons, listen to me. Don’t turn away from what I say.Stay on a path far away from that evil woman. Don’t even go near the door of her house.If you do, you will lose your honor to other people. You will give your self- respect to someone who is mean.Strangers will use up all your wealth. Your hard work will make someone else rich.At the end of your life you will groan. Your skin and your body will be worn out.You will say,“ How I hated to take advice! How my heart refused to be corrected!I would not obey my teachers. I wouldn’t listen to those who taught me.I was soon in deep trouble. It happened right in front of the whole assembly of God’s people.”Drink water from your own well. Drink running water from your own spring.Should your springs pour out into the streets? Should your streams of water pour out in public places?No! Let them belong to you alone. Never share them with strangers.May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.She is like a loving doe, a graceful deer. May her breasts always satisfy you. May you always be captured by her love.My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?

Those who only pretend to praise their neighbors are spreading a net to catch them by the feet.

That’s how Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned. He married women from other nations. There wasn’t a king like him anywhere. His God loved him. In fact, God made him king over the whole nation of Israel. But even he was led into sin by women from other lands.Now I hear that you too are doing all of the same terrible and evil things. You aren’t being faithful to our God. You are marrying women from other lands.”