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Son, listen to this piece of wisdom from me. Pay attention to what I know to be true. |
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Remember to live wisely, and what you learn will keep your lips from saying the wrong thing. |
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Now, another man's wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting. |
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But in the end, she will bring only bitterness and pain. It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword. |
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She is on a path leading to death, and she will lead you straight to the grave. |
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Don't follow her. She has lost her way and does not even know it. Be careful. Stay on the road that leads to life. |
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Now, my sons, listen to me. Don't forget the words I say. |
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Stay away from the woman who commits adultery. Don't even go near her house. |
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If you do, others will get the honor you should have had. Some stranger will get everything you worked years to get. |
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People you don't know will take all your wealth. Others will get what you worked for. |
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At the end of your life, you will be sad that you ruined your health and lost everything you had. |
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Then you will say, "Why didn't I listen to my parents? Why didn't I pay attention to my teachers? I didn't want to be disciplined. I refused to be corrected. |
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So now I have suffered through just about every kind of trouble anyone can have, and everyone knows it." |
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Now, about sex and marriage: Drink only the water that comes from your own well, |
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and don't let your water flow out into the streets. |
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Keep it for yourself, and don't share it with strangers. |
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Be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young. |
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She is like a beautiful deer, a lovely fawn. Let her love satisfy you completely. Stay drunk on her love, |
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and don't go stumbling into the arms of another woman. |
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The Lord clearly sees everything you do. He watches where you go. |
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The sins of the wicked will trap them. Those sins will be like ropes holding them back. |
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Evil people will die because they refuse to be disciplined. They will be trapped by their own desires. |
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