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the Fifth Week after Easter
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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

NASNew American Standard Bible
KJVKing James Version
To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner?
Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
Proverbs 7:6
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Passing through the street near her corner; And he walks along the way to her house,
Proverbs 7:8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and the darkness.
Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.
Proverbs 7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;
Proverbs 7:11
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.
Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him:
Proverbs 7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 7:14
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.
Proverbs 7:15
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.
Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
"Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning; Let's delight ourselves with caresses.
Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
"For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey.
Proverbs 7:19
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
"He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home."
Proverbs 7:20
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,
Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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.
Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:24
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.
Proverbs 7:25
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For many are the victims she has brought to ruin, And numerous are all those slaughtered by her.
Proverbs 7:26
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.
Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, And a strange woman is a narrow well.
Proverbs 23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Certainly she lurks as a robber, And increases the treacherous among mankind.
Proverbs 23:28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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