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But afterwards only a bitter conscience is left to you,[a] sharp as a double-edged sword. She leads you down to death and hell. For she does not know the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t even realize where it leads.

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  1. Proverbs 5:4 But afterwards only a bitter conscience is left you, literally, “But in the end she is bitter as wormwood.”

but in the end she is bitter as gall,(A)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(B)
She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.(C)

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