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1. My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
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1. My son H1121 , attend H7181 unto my wisdom H2451 , and bow H5186 thine ear H241 to my understanding H8394 :
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2. That you may maintain discretion, That your lips may preserve knowledge.
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2. That thou mayest regard H8104 discretion H4209 , and that thy lips H8193 may keep H5341 knowledge H1847 .
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3. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
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3. For H3588 the lips H8193 of a strange woman H2114 drop H5197 as a honeycomb H5317 , and her mouth H2441 is smoother H2509 than oil H4480 H8081 :
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4. But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, And as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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4. But her end H319 is bitter H4751 as wormwood H3939 , sharp H2299 as a twoedged H6310 sword H2719 .
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5. Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.
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5. Her feet H7272 go down H3381 to death H4194 ; her steps H6806 take hold H8551 on hell H7585 .
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6. She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
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6. Lest H6435 thou shouldest ponder H6424 the path H734 of life H2416 , her ways H4570 are movable H5128 , that thou canst not H3808 know H3045 them .
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7. Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.
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7. Hear H8085 me now H6258 therefore , O ye children H1121 , and depart H5493 not H408 from the words H4480 H561 of my mouth H6310 .
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8. Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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8. Remove thy way far H7368 H1870 from H4480 H5921 her , and come not nigh H7126 H408 H413 the door H6607 of her house H1004 :
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9. Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;
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9. Lest H6435 thou give H5414 thine honor H1935 unto others H312 , and thy years H8141 unto the cruel H394 :
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10. Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.
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10. Lest H6435 strangers H2114 be filled H7646 with thy wealth H3581 ; and thy labors H6089 be in the house H1004 of a stranger H5237 ;
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11. You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,
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11. And thou mourn H5098 at the last H319 , when thy flesh H1320 and thy body H7607 are consumed H3615 ,
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12. And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
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12. And say H559 , How H349 have I hated H8130 instruction H4148 , and my heart H3820 despised H5006 reproof H8433 ;
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13. Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
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13. And have not H3808 obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of my teachers H3384 , nor H3808 inclined H5186 mine ear H241 to them that instructed H3925 me!
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14. I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."
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14. I was H1961 almost H4592 in all H3605 evil H7451 in the midst H8432 of the congregation H6951 and assembly H5712 .
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15. Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.
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15. Drink H8354 waters H4325 out of thine own cistern H4480 H953 , and running waters H5140 out of H4480 H8432 thine own well H875 .
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16. Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?
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16. Let thy fountains H4599 be dispersed H6327 abroad H2351 , and rivers H6388 of waters H4325 in the streets H7339 .
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17. Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.
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17. Let them be H1961 only H905 thine own , and not H369 strangers H2114 ' with H854 thee.
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18. Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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18. Let thy fountain H4726 be H1961 blessed H1288 : and rejoice H8055 with the wife H4480 H802 of thy youth H5271 .
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19. A loving doe and a graceful deer� Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
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19. Let her be as the loving H158 hind H365 and pleasant H2580 roe H3280 ; let her breasts H1717 satisfy H7301 thee at all H3605 times H6256 ; and be thou ravished H7686 always H8548 with her love H160 .
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20. For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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20. And why H4100 wilt thou , my son H1121 , be ravished H7686 with a strange woman H2114 , and embrace H2263 the bosom H2436 of a stranger H5237 ?
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21. For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
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21. For H3588 the ways H1870 of man H376 are before H5227 the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and he pondereth H6424 all H3605 his goings H4570 .
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22. The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
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22. His own iniquities H5771 shall take H3920 H853 the wicked H7563 himself , and he shall be holden H8551 with the cords H2256 of his sins H2403 .
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23. He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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23. He H1931 shall die H4191 without H369 instruction H4148 ; and in the greatness H7230 of his folly H200 he shall go astray H7686 .
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