Catholic Public Domain Version
"so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman. "
— Proverbs 5:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
“That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. ”
“that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.”
“in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.”
“That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.”
“So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.”
“That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.”
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,
so that you may guard your thinking, and so that your lips may preserve discipline. Do not pay attention to the deceit of a woman.
For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet descend into death, and her steps reach even to Hell.