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The Wiles of the Harlot |
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| Proverbs 7:1 |
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My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments
within you. |
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| Proverbs 7:2 |
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Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching
as the apple of your eye. |
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| Proverbs 7:3 |
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Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the
tablet of your heart. |
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| Proverbs 7:4 |
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call
understanding your intimate friend; |
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| Proverbs 7:5 |
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That they may keep you from an adulteress, From
the foreigner who flatters with her words. |
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| Proverbs 7:6 |
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For at the window of my house I looked out through
my lattice, |
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| Proverbs 7:7 |
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And I saw among the naive, And discerned among
the youths A young man lacking sense, |
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| Proverbs 7:8 |
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Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house, |
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| Proverbs 7:9 |
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In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle
of the night and in the darkness. |
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| Proverbs 7:10 |
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And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed
as a harlot and cunning of heart. |
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| Proverbs 7:11 |
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She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do
not remain at home; |
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| Proverbs 7:12 |
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She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner. |
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| Proverbs 7:13 |
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So she seizes him and kisses him And with a
brazen face she says to him: |
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| Proverbs 7:14 |
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"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I
have paid my vows. |
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| Proverbs 7:15 |
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"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek
your presence earnestly, and I have found you. |
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| Proverbs 7:16 |
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"I have spread my couch with coverings, With
colored linens of Egypt. |
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| Proverbs 7:17 |
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"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and
cinnamon. |
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| Proverbs 7:18 |
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"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses. |
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| Proverbs 7:19 |
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"For my husband is not at home, He has gone
on a long journey; |
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| Proverbs 7:20 |
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He has taken a bag of money with him, At the
full moon he will come home." |
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| Proverbs 7:21 |
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With her many persuasions she entices him; With
her flattering lips she seduces him. |
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| Proverbs 7:22 |
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Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the
slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, |
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| Proverbs 7:23 |
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Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As
a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. |
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| Proverbs 7:24 |
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Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay
attention to the words of my mouth. |
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| Proverbs 7:25 |
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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths. |
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| Proverbs 7:26 |
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For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain. |
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| Proverbs 7:27 |
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Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to
the chambers of death. |
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