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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 7:5-27; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:26-28

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Proverbs 2:16

To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,

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Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;

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Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner?

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Proverbs 7:5

So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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Proverbs 7:6

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

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Proverbs 7:7

And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

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Proverbs 7:8

Passing through the street near her corner; And he walks along the way to her house,

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Proverbs 7:9

In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and the darkness.

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Proverbs 7:10

And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.

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Proverbs 7:11

She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

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Proverbs 7:12

She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.

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Proverbs 7:13

So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him:

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Proverbs 7:14

"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.

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Proverbs 7:15

-"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7:16

-"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

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Proverbs 7:17

-"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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Proverbs 7:18

-"Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning; Let's delight ourselves with caresses.

Proverbs 7:19

-"For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey.

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Proverbs 7:20

-"He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home."

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Proverbs 7:21

With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.

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Proverbs 7:22

Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,

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Proverbs 7:23

Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hurries to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Proverbs 7:24

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 7:25

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.

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Proverbs 7:26

For many are the victims she has brought to ruin, And numerous are all those slaughtered by her.

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Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.

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Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.

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Proverbs 23:26

Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

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Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit, And a strange woman is a narrow well.

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Proverbs 23:28

Certainly she lurks as a robber, And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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