1My son, attend to my wisdom. And bow thine ear to my understanding;

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

2That thou mayest keep discretion, And that thy lips may preserve knowledge!

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

3Truly, the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And 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 her end is bitter as wormwood, 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 lay hold of the under-world.

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

6That she may not ponder the way of life, Her paths waver when she heedeth it not.

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

7Hear me now, therefore, O children! And turn not away 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 thy way far from her. And come not nigh 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 thou give thy bloom to others, And thy years to a cruel one;

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

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, And thine earnings be in the house of an alien;

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

11And lest thou mourn in thy latter end. When thy flesh and thy 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 have I hated instruction! And how hath my heart despised reproof!

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

13I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to my instructors;

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

14I have well-nigh fallen into utter misery; In the midst of the congregation and the 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 thine own cistern. And running water out of thine 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

16So shall thy fountains overflow in the streets, In the wide streets, as streams of water;

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

17They shall belong to thee alone, And not to strangers with thee;

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18And thy fountain shall be blessed, Yea, thou shalt have joy in the wife of thy youth.

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

19A lovely hind, a graceful doe, Her breasts shall satisfy thee at all times, And thou shalt be always ravished 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

20Why, then, my son, wilt thou be ravished with a wanton, And embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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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, And he weigheth well all his paths.

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

22His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked; Yea, he shall be held fast by the cords of his own sins.

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

23He shall die for want of instruction; Yea, through the greatness of his folly he shall stagger.

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