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commandment
is
a lamp; and the law
is
light; and reproofs of instruction
are
the way of life:
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To
keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25
Lust not
after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For by means of a whorish
woman
a man is brought
to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Can one go upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her
shall not be innocent.
30
Men
do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31
But
if
he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32
But
whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he
that
doeth it destroyeth his
own soul.
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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34
For
jealousy
is
the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35
He will not
regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
CHAPTER 7
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2
Keep my commandments, and
live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table
of thine heart.
4
Say unto wisdom, Thou
art
my sister; and call understanding
thy
kinswoman:
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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
which
flattereth with her
words.
6
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
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And beheld among the simple
ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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Passing through the
street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the
black and dark night:
10
And, behold, there met him a woman
with
the attire of an harlot, and subtil
of heart.
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(She
is
loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
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Now
is she
without, now
in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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So she caught him, and kissed him,
and
with an
impudent face said unto him,
14
I have
peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
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I have
decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved
works,
with fine linen of Egypt.
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I have
perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the
morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
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For the goodman
is
not at home, he is gone a long
journey:
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He hath taken a bag of money with him,
and
will come home at the day appointed.
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With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of
the stocks;
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Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that
it
is
for his life.
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