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for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord , but the upright are in his confidence.

for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching.

Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

Let them be for yourself alone, and not for sharing with strangers.

For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord , and he examines all their paths.

They die for lack of discipline, and because of their great folly they are lost.

So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

for a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man's very life.

For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he shows no restraint when he takes revenge.

For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

For many are those she has laid low, and numerous are her victims.

Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;

for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.