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The Adulteress’ Trap

My son, (A)keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
(B)Keep my commandments and live,
And my [a]law (C)as the [b]apple of your eye.
(D)Bind them on your fingers;
(E)Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
In order to keep you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who [c]flatters with her words.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:2 Or instruction
  2. Proverbs 7:2 Lit pupil
  3. Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth