Quotes About Caution

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

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

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.