1My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

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Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 4:20, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 4:20

2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

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Proverbs 16:23, Malachi 2:6, Malachi 2:7, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:23

3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

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Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 7:21, Psalms 55:21, Proverbs 7:5

4But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Psalms 55:21, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 55:21

5Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

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Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 2:19, Proverbs 2:18

6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

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Proverbs 4:26, Proverbs 4:26, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 16:11, Proverbs 30:20

7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Do not depart from the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 3:21, Proverbs 4:21, Proverbs 7:24

8Remove your way far from her. Do not come near the door of her house,

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Proverbs 7:25, Proverbs 7:25, Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:11, Proverbs 4:15

9lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

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Nehemiah 13:26, Nehemiah 13:26, Hosea 4:13, Hosea 4:14, Hosea 4:13

10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

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Hosea 7:9, Proverbs 6:35, Proverbs 31:3, Hosea 7:9, Proverbs 6:35

11You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

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Romans 6:21, Romans 6:21, Revelation 22:15, Revelation 22:15, Hebrews 13:4

12and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 1:22

13neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

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Hebrews 13:7, Luke 15:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Hebrews 13:7, Luke 15:18

14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."

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Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 13:20, 2 Peter 2:10, 2 Peter 2:18, 2 Peter 2:10

15Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

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1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 7:5, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 7:5, Hebrews 13:4

16Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

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Psalms 128:3, Psalms 128:3, Psalms 127:3, Psalms 127:3, Genesis 24:60

17Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

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18Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Malachi 2:14, Malachi 2:15, Malachi 2:14

19A loving doe and a graceful deer- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

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Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 4:5, Song of Solomon 2:9, Song of Solomon 8:14

20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

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Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, 1 Kings 11:1

21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord. He examines all his paths.

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Hebrews 4:13, Hebrews 4:13, Proverbs 15:3, Proverbs 15:3, Job 34:21

22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

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Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 11:5, Proverbs 1:18, Psalms 9:15

23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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Job 36:12, Job 36:12, Job 4:21, Job 4:21, Proverbs 14:32