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  5:1 ¶
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: |
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5:1 ¶
My son,°
attend°°
unto my wisdom,°
[and] bow°°
thine ear°
to my understanding:° |
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5:2
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. |
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5:2
That thou mayest regard°°
discretion,°
and [that] thy lips°
may keep°°
knowledge.° |
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5:3 ¶
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: |
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5:3 ¶
For°
the lips°
of a strange woman°°
drop°°
[as] an honeycomb,°
and her mouth°
[is] smoother°
than oil:°° |
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5:4
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. |
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5:4
But her end°
is bitter°
as wormwood,°
sharp°
as a twoedged°
sword.° |
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5:5
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; |
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5:5
Her feet°
go down°°
to death;°
her steps°
take hold°°
on hell.° |
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5:6
So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. |
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5:6
Lest°
thou shouldest ponder°°
the path°
of life,°
her ways°
are moveable,°°
[that] thou canst not°
know°°
[them]. |
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5:7
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. |
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5:7
Hear°°
me now°
therefore, O ye children,°
and depart°°
not°
from the words°°
of my mouth.° |
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5:8
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; |
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5:8
Remove°°
thy way°
far°°°
from°°
her, and come not nigh°°°°
the door°
of her house:° |
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5:9
Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; |
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5:9
Lest°
thou give°°
thine honour°
unto others,°
and thy years°
unto the cruel:° |
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5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, |
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5:10
Lest°
strangers°°
be filled°°
with thy wealth;°
and thy labours°
[be] in the house°
of a stranger;° |
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5:11
And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
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5:11
And thou mourn°°
at the last,°
when thy flesh°
and thy body°
are consumed,°° |
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5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; |
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5:12
And say,°°
How°
have I hated°°
instruction,°
and my heart°
despised°°
reproof;° |
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5:13
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
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5:13
And have not°
obeyed°°
the voice°
of my teachers,°°
nor°
inclined°°
mine ear°
to them that instructed°°
me! |
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5:14
I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. |
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5:14
I was°
almost°
in all°
evil°
in the midst°
of the congregation°
and assembly.° |
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5:15 ¶
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. |
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5:15 ¶
Drink°°
waters°
out of thine own cistern,°°
and running waters°°
out of°°
thine own well.° |
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5:16
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? |
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5:16
Let thy fountains°
be dispersed°°
abroad,°
[and] rivers°
of waters°
in the streets.° |
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5:17
Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. |
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5:17
Let them be°
only°
thine own, and not°
strangers'°°
with°
thee. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. |
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5:18
Let thy fountain°
be°
blessed:°°
and rejoice°°
with the wife°°
of thy youth.° |
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5:19
[As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. |
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5:19
[Let her be as] the loving°
hind°
and pleasant°
roe;°
let her breasts°
satisfy°°
thee at all°
times;°
and be thou ravished°°
always°
with her love.° |
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5:20
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? |
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5:20
And why°
wilt thou, my son,°
be ravished°°
with a strange woman,°°
and embrace°°
the bosom°
of a stranger?° |
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5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. |
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5:21
For°
the ways°
of man°
[are] before°
the eyes°
of the LORD,°
and he pondereth°°
all°
his goings.° |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
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5:22 ¶
His own iniquities°
shall take°°°
the wicked°
himself, and he shall be holden°°
with the cords°
of his sins.° |
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5:23
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
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5:23
He°
shall die°°
without°
instruction;°
and in the greatness°
of his folly°
he shall go astray.°° |
