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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:16-20; Proverbs 5:1-23; Proverbs 6:24-35; Proverbs 7:1-27; Proverbs 9:13-18; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:26-28; Proverbs 29:3; Proverbs 30:20; Proverbs 31:2-3
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81 verses
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Proverbs 2:16
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It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
Proverbs 2:17
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who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Proverbs 2:18
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For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
Proverbs 2:19
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None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:20
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Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 5:1
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My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,
Proverbs 5:2
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that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Proverbs 5:3
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For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 5:4
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but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:5
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Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
Proverbs 5:6
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She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
Proverbs 5:7
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Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
Proverbs 5:8
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Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 5:9
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lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
Proverbs 5:10
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lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
Proverbs 5:11
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At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
Proverbs 5:12
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You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
Proverbs 5:13
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I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
Proverbs 5:14
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I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."
Proverbs 5:15
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Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:16
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Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:17
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Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
Proverbs 5:18
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May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Proverbs 5:19
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A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
Proverbs 5:20
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Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
Proverbs 5:21
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For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD , and he examines all his paths.
Proverbs 5:22
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The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.
Proverbs 5:23
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He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Proverbs 6:24
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keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
Proverbs 6:25
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Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,
Proverbs 6:26
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for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 6:27
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
Proverbs 6:28
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
Proverbs 6:29
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So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:30
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Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
Proverbs 6:31
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Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
Proverbs 6:32
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But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Proverbs 6:33
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Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away;
Proverbs 6:34
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for jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
Proverbs 6:35
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He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.
Proverbs 7:1
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
Proverbs 7:2
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Proverbs 7:3
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Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7:4
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;
Proverbs 7:5
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they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
Proverbs 7:6
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At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.
Proverbs 7:7
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I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.
Proverbs 7:8
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He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
Proverbs 7:9
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at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
Proverbs 7:10
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Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
Proverbs 7:11
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(She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
Proverbs 7:12
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now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
Proverbs 7:13
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She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
Proverbs 7:14
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"I have fellowship offerings (F12) at home; today I fulfilled my vows.
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Proverbs 7:15
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So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
Proverbs 7:16
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I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
Proverbs 7:17
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18
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Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
Proverbs 7:19
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My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Proverbs 7:20
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He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
Proverbs 7:21
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With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
Proverbs 7:22
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All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer (F13) stepping into a noose (F14)
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Proverbs 7:23
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till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:24
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Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
Proverbs 7:25
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Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
Proverbs 7:26
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Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
Proverbs 7:27
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Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 9:13
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The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
Proverbs 9:14
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Proverbs 9:15
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calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
Proverbs 9:16
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"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
Proverbs 9:17
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"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
Proverbs 9:18
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But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Proverbs 22:14
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The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
Proverbs 23:26
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My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,
Proverbs 23:27
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for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:28
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Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 29:3
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A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 30:20
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"This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'
Proverbs 31:2
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"O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows, (F59)
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Proverbs 31:3
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do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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