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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 5:3-23; Proverbs 6:20-35; Proverbs 7:4-27; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:26-28; Proverbs 30:20-23; Proverbs 31:3
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For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 5:3
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:4
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
Proverbs 5:5
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
Proverbs 5:6
- Variant Count: 5 (25%)
She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
Proverbs 5:7
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 5:8
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,
Proverbs 5:9
- Variant Count: 4 (25%)
lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,
lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.
Proverbs 5:10
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.
At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
Proverbs 5:11
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
Proverbs 5:12
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.
Proverbs 5:13
- Variant Count: 3 (21%)
I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.
I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."
Proverbs 5:14
- Variant Count: 9 (64%)
And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God's people."
Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:16
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
Proverbs 5:17
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Proverbs 5:18
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
Proverbs 5:19
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?
Proverbs 5:20
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
Proverbs 5:21
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.
The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.
Proverbs 5:22
- Variant Count: 5 (29%)
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Proverbs 5:23
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:21
- Variant Count: 3 (25%)
Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 6:22
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs 6:23
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
Proverbs 6:24
- Variant Count: 5 (33%)
keeping you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,
Proverbs 6:25
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 6:26
- Variant Count: 9 (42%)
For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life.
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
Proverbs 6:27
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
Proverbs 6:28
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:29
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
Proverbs 6:30
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
Proverbs 6:31
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Proverbs 6:32
- Variant Count: 4 (26%)
But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away;
Proverbs 6:33
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
for jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
Proverbs 6:34
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.
Proverbs 6:35
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;
Proverbs 7:4
- Variant Count: 6 (40%)
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and to insight, "You are my relative."
they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
Proverbs 7:5
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.
Proverbs 7:6
- Variant Count: 2 (15%)
At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.
Proverbs 7:7
- Variant Count: 4 (22%)
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
Proverbs 7:8
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
Proverbs 7:9
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
Proverbs 7:10
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
(She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
Proverbs 7:11
- Variant Count: 2 (16%)
(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
Proverbs 7:12
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
Proverbs 7:13
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
"I have fellowship offerings at home; today I fulfilled my vows.
Proverbs 7:14
- Variant Count: 5 (31%)
"Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
Proverbs 7:15
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
Proverbs 7:16
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:17
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
Proverbs 7:18
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
Come, let's drink deeply of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Proverbs 7:19
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
Proverbs 7:20
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
Proverbs 7:21
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
Proverbs 7:22
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:23
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
Proverbs 7:24
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
Proverbs 7:25
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
Proverbs 7:26
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:27
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
Proverbs 22:14
- Variant Count: 7 (30%)
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord 's wrath falls into it.
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,
Proverbs 23:26
- Variant Count: 7 (36%)
Saying 18 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:27
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
Proverbs 23:28
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
"This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'
Proverbs 30:20
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
"This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I've done nothing wrong.'
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Proverbs 30:21
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,
Proverbs 30:22
- Variant Count: 6 (42%)
a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23
- Variant Count: 4 (28%)
a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Proverbs 31:3
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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