For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)
but in the end she is bitter as gall,(B)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.(C)

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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(A)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(B)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”(C)

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18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(C)
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

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20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

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21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)

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23 For lack of discipline they will die,(A)
    led astray by their own great folly.(B)

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