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  5:1 ¶
[My] son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; |
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5:1 ¶
My son,°
attend°°
unto my wisdom,°
[and] bow°°
thine ear°
to my understanding:° |
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5:2
that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; |
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5:2
That thou mayest regard°°
discretion,°
and [that] thy lips°
may keep°°
knowledge.° |
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5:3 ¶
for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: |
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5:3 ¶
For°
the lips°
of a strange woman°°
drop°°
[as] an honeycomb,°
and her mouth°
[is] smoother°
than oil:°° |
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5:4
but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. |
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5:4
But her end°
is bitter°
as wormwood,°
sharp°
as a twoedged°
sword.° |
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5:5
For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. |
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5:5
Her feet°
go down°°
to death;°
her steps°
take hold°°
on hell.° |
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5:6
For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. |
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5:6
Lest°
thou shouldest ponder°°
the path°
of life,°
her ways°
are moveable,°°
[that] thou canst not°
know°°
[them]. |
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5:7
Now then, [my] son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. |
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5:7
Hear°°
me now°
therefore, O ye children,°
and depart°°
not°
from the words°°
of my mouth.° |
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5:8
Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: |
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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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5:9
lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: |
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5:9
Lest°
thou give°°
thine honour°
unto others,°
and thy years°
unto the cruel:° |
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5:10
lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; |
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5:10
Lest°
strangers°°
be filled°°
with thy wealth;°
and thy labours°
[be] in the house°
of a stranger;° |
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5:11
And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, |
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5:11
And thou mourn°°
at the last,°
when thy flesh°
and thy body°
are consumed,°° |
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5:12
and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! |
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5:12
And say,°°
How°
have I hated°°
instruction,°
and my heart°
despised°°
reproof;° |
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5:13
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. |
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5:13
And have not°
obeyed°°
the voice°
of my teachers,°°
nor°
inclined°°
mine ear°
to them that instructed°°
me! |
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5:14
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
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5:14
I was°
almost°
in all°
evil°
in the midst°
of the congregation°
and assembly.° |
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5:15 ¶
Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells. |
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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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5:16
Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets. |
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5:16
Let thy fountains°
be dispersed°°
abroad,°
[and] rivers°
of waters°
in the streets.° |
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5:17
Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee. |
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5:17
Let them be°
only°
thine own, and not°
strangers'°°
with°
thee. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain of water be [truly] thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain°
be°
blessed:°°
and rejoice°°
with the wife°°
of thy youth.° |
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5:19
Let [thy] loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased. |
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5:19
[Let 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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5:20
Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. |
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5:20
And why°
wilt thou, my son,°
be ravished°°
with a strange woman,°°
and embrace°°
the bosom°
of a stranger?° |
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5:21
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths. |
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5:21
For°
the ways°
of man°
[are] before°
the eyes°
of Yahweh,°
and he pondereth°°
all°
his goings.° |
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5:22 ¶
Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquities°
shall take°°°
the wicked°
himself, and he shall be holden°°
with the cords°
of his sins.° |
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5:23
Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. |
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5:23
He°
shall die°°
without°
instruction;°
and in the greatness°
of his folly°
he shall go astray.°° |
