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Proverbs 5
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1My son, attend unto my wisdom,
and bow thine ear to my understanding:
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heed
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2That thou mayest regard discretion,
and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
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gain
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3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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looking good
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4But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
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bitter end
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5Her feet go down to death;
her steps take hold on hell.
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destined to death
(like such ways)
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6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.
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not knowing the path of life
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7Hear me now therefore, O ye children,
and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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hear
obey
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8Remove thy way far from her,
and come not nigh the door of her house:
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flee
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9Lest thou give thine honour unto others,
and thy years unto the cruel:
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loss
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10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth;
and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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your possession
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11And thou mourn at the last,
when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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sad end
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12And say, How have I hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof;
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hated instruction
(destined to death)
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13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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not obey nor hear
(not know)
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14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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ruin
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15Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
and running waters out of thine own well.
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content
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16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad,
and rivers of waters in the streets.
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overflowing
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17Let them be only thine own,
and not strangers’ with thee.
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purity
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18Let thy fountain be blessed:
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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cherish
(we do good)
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19Let 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.
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satisfied
(reward)
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20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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lust
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21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings.
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The Lord watches
(evil we do)
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22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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reward
(death)
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23He shall die without instruction;
and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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not knowing
dying in sin
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