Jo’s Place

Another Warning about Immoral Women Follow my advice, my son;  always treasure my commands.  Obey my commands and live!  Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.  Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.  Write them deep within your heart.  Love wisdom like a sister;  make insight a beloved member of your family.  Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,  from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.  While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain, I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.  He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,  strolling down the path by her house.  It was at twilight, in the evening,  as deep darkness fell.  The woman approached him,  seductively dressed and sly of heart.  She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.  She is often in the streets a...

Avoid Immoral Women My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my wise counsel.  Then you will show discernment,  and your lips will express what you’ve learned.  For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.  But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death;  her steps lead straight to the grave.  For she cares nothing about the path to life.  She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.  So now, my sons, listen to me.  Never stray from what I am about to say:  …Stay away from her!  Don’t go near the door of her house!  If you do, you will lose your honor  and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.  Strangers will consume your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.  In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body.  Yo...