24 To (A)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the [a]adulteress.
25 (B)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her (C)eyelids.
26 For (D)on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And [b]an adulteress (E)hunts for the precious life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:24 Lit foreign woman
  2. Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife