Consequences of Following the Adulteress

Proverbs 5:7-14

So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”