Leviticus 15:20
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20 (A)And everything on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean. Everything also on which she sits shall be unclean.
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Leviticus 15:4-9
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4 Every bed on which the one with the discharge lies shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. 5 And anyone who touches his bed (A)shall wash his clothes and (B)bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 6 And whoever sits on anything on which the one with the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 7 And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 8 And if the one with the discharge spits on someone who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening. 9 And any saddle on which the one with the discharge rides shall be unclean.
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1 Corinthians 15:33
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33 (A)Do not be deceived: (B)“Bad company ruins good morals.”[a]
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- 1 Corinthians 15:33 Probably from Menander's comedy Thais
Ecclesiastes 7:26
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26 And I find something more (A)bitter than death: (B)the woman whose heart is (C)snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but (D)the sinner is taken by her.
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Proverbs 22:27
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27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should (A)your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 9:13-18
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The Way of Folly
13 (A)The woman Folly is (B)loud;
she is seductive[a] and (C)knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on (D)the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are (E)going straight on their way,
16 (F)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 (G)“Stolen water is sweet,
and (H)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know (I)that the dead[b] are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:13 Or full of simpleness
- Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim
Proverbs 7:10-27
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10 And behold, the woman meets him,
(A)dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.[a]
11 She is (B)loud and (C)wayward;
(D)her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and (E)at every corner she (F)lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with (G)bold face she says to him,
14 “I had to (H)offer sacrifices,[b]
and today I have (I)paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with (J)coverings,
colored linens from (K)Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with (L)myrrh,
aloes, and (M)cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For (N)my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with (O)her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[c]
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as (P)a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And (Q)now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are (R)a mighty throng.
27 Her house is (S)the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:10 Hebrew guarded in heart
- Proverbs 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings
- Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool
Proverbs 6:35
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35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
Proverbs 6:24
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor
- Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman
Proverbs 5:3-13
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3 For the lips of (A)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
and her speech[b] is (B)smoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is (C)bitter as (D)wormwood,
(E)sharp as (F)a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (G)go down to death;
her steps follow the path to[c] Sheol;
6 she (H)does not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And (I)now, O sons, listen to me,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your (J)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you (K)groan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, (L)“How I hated discipline,
and my heart (M)despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
- Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate
- Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of
Proverbs 2:16-19
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16 So (A)you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman,
from (B)the adulteress[b] with (C)her smooth words,
17 who forsakes (D)the companion of her youth
and forgets (E)the covenant of her God;
18 (F)for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;[c]
19 none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew strange
- Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew foreign woman
- Proverbs 2:18 Hebrew to the Rephaim
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