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Proverbs 7

The Wiles of the Harlot

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My sonh1121,  akeeph8104 my wordsh561 And treasureh6845 my commandmentsh4687 withinh854 you.

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 aKeeph8104 my commandmentsh4687 and liveh2421a, And my  1teachingh8451  bas the  2appleh380 of your eyeh5869.

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 aBindh7194 them on your fingersh676;  bWriteh3789 them on the tableth3871 of your hearth3820.

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Sayh559 to wisdomh2451, "You are my sisterh269," And callh7121 understandingh998 your intimateh4129 friendh4129;

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That they may keeph8104 you from an  1adulteressh802h2114a, From the foreignerh5237 who  2flattersh2505b with her wordsh561.

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For  aat the windowh2474 of my househ1004 I lookedh8259 out  bthroughh1157 my latticeh822,

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And I sawh7200 among the  1 anaiveh6612a, And discernedh995 among the  2youthsh1121 A youngh5288 manh5288  blackingh2638  3senseh3820,

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Passingh5674a through the streeth7784 nearh681a  aher cornerh6438; And he  1takesh6805 the wayh1870 to  bher househ1004,

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In the  atwilighth5399, in the  1eveningh6153h3117, In the  2middleh380 of the nighth3915 and in the darknessh653.

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And beholdh2009, a womanh802 comes to meeth7122 him,  aDressedh7897 as a harloth2181 and cunningh5341 of hearth3820.

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She is  aboisteroush1993 and rebellioush5637, Her  bfeeth7272 do not remainh7931 at homeh1004;

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She is nowh6471 in the streetsh2351, nowh6471  ain the squaresh7339, And  blurksh693 by everyh3605 cornerh6438.

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So she seizesh2388 him and kissesh5401a him  1And with a  abrazenh5810 faceh6440 she saysh559 to him:

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1I was dueh5921 to offerh2077  apeaceh8002 offeringsh8002; Todayh3117 I have  bpaidh7999a my vowsh5088.

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"Thereforeh5921h3651 I have comeh3318 out to meeth7122 you, To seekh7836 your presenceh6440 earnestlyh7836, and I have foundh4672 you.

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"I have spreadh7234 my couchh6210 with  acoveringsh4765, With coloredh2405  blinensh330a of Egypth4714.

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"I have sprinkledh5130 my bedh4904 With  amyrrhh4753, aloesh174 and  bcinnamonh7076.

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"Comeh1980, let us drinkh7301 our fillh7301 of loveh1730 untilh5704 morningh1242; Let us delighth5965 ourselves with caressesh159.

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"For  1my husbandh376 is not at homeh1004, He has goneh1980 on a longh7350h4970 journeyh1870;

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He has takenh3947 a  abagh6872a of moneyh3701  1with him, At the fullh3677 moonh3677 he will comeh935 homeh1004."

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With her manyh7230 persuasionsh3948 she enticesh5186 him; With her  1 aflatteringh2507b lipsh8193 she seducesh5080 him.

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Suddenlyh6597 he followsh1980h310 her As an oxh7794 goesh935 to the slaughterh2874, Or as  1one in fettersh5914 to the disciplineh4148 of a foolh191,

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Untilh5704 an arrowh2671 piercesh6398 throughh6398 his liverh3516; As a  abirdh6833 hastensh4116 to the snareh6341a, So he does not knowh3045 that it will cost him his lifeh5315.

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Nowh6258 therefore, my sonsh1121,  alistenh8085 to me, And payh7181 attentionh7181 to the wordsh561 of my mouthh6310.

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Do not let your hearth3820  aturnh7847 asideh7847 to her waysh1870, Do not strayh8582 into her pathsh5410b.

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For manyh7227a are the  1victimsh2491a she has casth5307 downh5307, And  anumeroush6099 are allh3605 her slainh2026.

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Her  ahouseh1004 is the wayh1870 to Sheolh7585, Descendingh3381 to the chambersh2315 of deathh4194.



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