71 lines
2.1 KiB
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71 lines
2.1 KiB
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## Warning Against Adultery
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###### 1
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My son, pay attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my discernment;
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###### 2
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That you may keep discretion And that your lips may guard knowledge.
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###### 3
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For the lips of a strange woman drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
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###### 4
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
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###### 5
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Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol,
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Lest she watch the path of life; Her tracks are unstable, she does not know _it_.
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###### 7
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So now, _my_ sons, listen to me And do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
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###### 8
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Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house,
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Lest you give your splendor to others And your years to the cruel one;
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Lest strangers be satisfied by your strength And by your painful labor, _those_ in the house of a foreigner;
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And you groan at your end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;
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###### 12
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And you say, "How I have hated discipline! And my heart spurned reproof!
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###### 13
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I have not listened to the voice of my instructors, And I have not inclined my ear to my teachers!
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###### 14
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I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."
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###### 15
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Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.
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Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets?
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###### 17
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Let them be for you alone, And not for strangers with you.
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###### 18
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Let your fountain be blessed, And be glad in the wife of your youth.
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###### 19
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_As_ a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be intoxicated always with her love.
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###### 20
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So why should you, my son, be intoxicated with a strange woman And embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?
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###### 21
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For the ways of a man are before the eyes of Yahweh, And He watches all his tracks.
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###### 22
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His own iniquities will capture him _who is_ the wicked one, And with the cords of his sin he will be held fast.
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###### 23
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He will die for lack of discipline, And in the abundance of his folly he will stumble in intoxication.
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