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  5:1 ¶
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: |
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5:1 ¶
My son,º
attendºº
unto my wisdom,º
[and] bowºº
thine earº
to my understanding:º |
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5:2
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. |
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5:2
That thou mayest regardºº
discretion,º
and [that] thy lipsº
may keepºº
knowledge.º |
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5:3 ¶
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: |
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5:3 ¶
Forº
the lipsº
of a strange womanºº
dropºº
[as] an honeycomb,º
and her mouthº
[is] smootherº
than oil:ºº |
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5:4
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. |
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5:4
But her endº
is bitterº
as wormwood,º
sharpº
as a twoedgedº
sword.º |
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5:5
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; |
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5:5
Her feetº
go downºº
to death;º
her stepsº
take holdºº
on hell.º |
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5:6
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. |
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5:6
Lestº
thou shouldest ponderºº
the pathº
of life,º
her waysº
are moveable,ºº
[that] thou canst notº
knowºº
[them]. |
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5:7
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. |
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5:7
Hearºº
me nowº
therefore, O ye children,º
and departºº
notº
from the wordsºº
of my mouth.º |
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5:8
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; |
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5:8
Removeºº
thy wayº
farººº
fromºº
her, and come not nighºººº
the doorº
of her house:º |
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5:9
Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; |
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5:9
Lestº
thou giveºº
thine honourº
unto others,º
and thy yearsº
unto the cruel:º |
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5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, |
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5:10
Lestº
strangersºº
be filledºº
with thy wealth;º
and thy laboursº
[be] in the houseº
of a stranger;º |
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5:11
And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
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5:11
And thou mournºº
at the last,º
when thy fleshº
and thy bodyº
are consumed,ºº |
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5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; |
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5:12
And say,ºº
Howº
have I hatedºº
instruction,º
and my heartº
despisedºº
reproof;º |
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5:13
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
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5:13
And have notº
obeyedºº
the voiceº
of my teachers,ºº
norº
inclinedºº
mine earº
to them that instructedºº
me! |
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5:14
I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. |
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5:14
I wasº
almostº
in allº
evilº
in the midstº
of the congregationº
and assembly.º |
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5:15 ¶
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. |
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5:15 ¶
Drinkºº
watersº
out of thine own cistern,ºº
and running watersºº
out ofºº
thine own well.º |
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5:16
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? |
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5:16
Let thy fountainsº
be dispersedºº
abroad,º
[and] riversº
of watersº
in the streets.º |
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5:17
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. |
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5:17
Let them beº
onlyº
thine own, and notº
strangers'ºº
withº
thee. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. |
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5:18
Let thy fountainº
beº
blessed:ºº
and rejoiceºº
with the wifeºº
of thy youth.º |
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5:19
[As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. |
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5:19
[Let her be as] the lovingº
hindº
and pleasantº
roe;º
let her breastsº
satisfyºº
thee at allº
times;º
and be thou ravishedºº
alwaysº
with her love.º |
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5:20
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? |
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5:20
And whyº
wilt thou, my son,º
be ravishedºº
with a strange woman,ºº
and embraceºº
the bosomº
of a stranger?º |
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5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. |
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5:21
Forº
the waysº
of manº
[are] beforeº
the eyesº
of the LORD,º
and he ponderethºº
allº
his goings.º |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquitiesº
shall takeººº
the wickedº
himself, and he shall be holdenºº
with the cordsº
of his sins.º |
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5:23
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
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5:23
Heº
shall dieºº
withoutº
instruction;º
and in the greatnessº
of his follyº
he shall go astray.ºº |
