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PROVERBS
7.10
- And he that soweth discord among brethren.
- 20My son, keep the commandment of thy father,
- And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- 21Bind them continually upon thy heart,
- Tie them about thy neck.
- 22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee,
- When thou liest down, it shall watch over thee;
- And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- 23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light,
- And reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
- 24To keep thee from the evil woman,
- From the smoothness of the alien tongue.
- 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;
- Neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
- 26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread,
- But the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
- 27Can a man take fire in his bosom,
- And his clothes not be burned?
- 28Or can one walk upon hot coals,
- And his feet not be scorched?
- 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
- Whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
- 30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
- To satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- 31But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold,
- He must give all the substance of his house.
- 32He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding;
- He doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
- 33Wounds and dishonour shall he get,
- And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
- 34For jealousy is the rage of a man,
- And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- 35He will not regard any ransom;
- Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- 7 My son, keep my words,
- And lay up my commandments with thee.
- 2Keep my commandments and live,
- And my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
- 3Bind them upon thy fingers,
- Write them upon the table of thy heart.
- 4Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister',
- And call understanding thy kinswoman;
- 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
- From the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
- 6For at the window of my house
- I looked forth through my lattice;
- 7And I beheld among the thoughtless ones,
- I discerned among the youths,
- A young man void of understanding,
- 8Passing through the street near her corner,
- And he went the way to her house;
- 9In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
- In the blackness of night and the darkness.
- 10And, behold, there met him a woman
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