^{8 Ref} Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

^{9 Ref} Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

^{10 Ref} Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

^{11 Ref} And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

^{12 Ref} And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

^{13 Ref} And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

^{14 Ref} As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

^{15 Ref} Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

^{8 Ref} Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

^{9 Ref} Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

^{10 Ref} Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors `be' in the house of an alien,

^{11 Ref} And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

^{12 Ref} And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

^{13 Ref} Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

^{14 Ref} I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

^{15 Ref} Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.