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My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do. |
2
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Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes. |
3
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Keep my teaching with you all the time; write it on your heart. |
4
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Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend. |
5
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They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words. |
6
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Once I was looking out the window of my house, |
7
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and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular. |
8
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He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. He was passing near her house |
9
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in the evening after it was dark. |
10
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And then she met him; she was dressed like a prostitute and was making plans. |
11
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She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets |
12
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or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace. |
13
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She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said, |
14
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"I made my offerings today and have the meat from the sacrifices. |
15
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So I came out looking for you. I wanted to find you, and here you are! |
16
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I've covered my bed with sheets of colored linen from Egypt. |
17
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I've perfumed it with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
18
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Come on! Let's make love all night long. We'll be happy in each other's arms. |
19
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My husband isn't at home. He's on a long trip. |
20
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He took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks." |
21
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So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk. |
22
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Suddenly he was going with her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap |
23
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where an arrow would pierce its heart. He was like a bird going into a net---he did not know that his life was in danger. |
24
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Now then, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say. |
25
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Do not let such a woman win your heart; don't go wandering after her. |
26
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She has been the ruin of many men and caused the death of too many to count. |
27
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If you go to her house, you are on the way to the world of the dead. It is a shortcut to death. |