Psalm 16:11
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11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in Your presence is abundant joy;(A)
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.(B)
Proverbs 5:6
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6 She doesn’t consider the path of life;
she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.
Proverbs 7:5
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5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.(A)
Proverbs 7:21-27
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21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering[a] talk.
22 He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap[b]
23 until an arrow pierces its[c] liver,(A)
like a bird darting into a snare(B)—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
24 Now, my sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.(C)
26 For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.[d]
27 Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.(D)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
- Proverbs 7:22 Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure
- Proverbs 7:23 Or his
- Proverbs 7:26 Or and powerful men are all her victims
Proverbs 23:27-28
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27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,(A)
and a stranger is a narrow well;
28 indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber(B)
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
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26 And I find more bitter than death(A) the woman who is a trap,(B) her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
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