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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
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.
Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Keep your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,
Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Otherwise you will give your vigor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
And strangers will be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
And you will groan in the end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
Proverbs 5:11
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And you say, "How I hated instruction! And my heart disdainfully rejected rebuke!
Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
"I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, Nor incline my ear to my instructors!
Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
"I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.
Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Should your springs overflow into the street, Streams of water in the public squares?
Proverbs 5:16
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be yours alone, And not for strangers with you.
Proverbs 5:17
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
Proverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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?
For the ways of everyone are before the eyes of the LORD, And He observes all his paths.
Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord , and he pondereth all his goings.
His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.
Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
When you walk, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.
Proverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
Can anyone take fire in his lap And his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
Proverbs 6:28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much; He must give up all the property of his house.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
One who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself commits it.
Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
He will find wounds and disgrace, And his shame will not be removed.
Proverbs 6:33
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not have compassion on the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
He will not accept any settlement, Nor will he be satisfied though you make it a large gift.
Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend,
Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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.
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot endure:
Proverbs 30:21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food,
Proverbs 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a female servant when she dispossesses her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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