32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman (A)lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.

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32 But a man who commits adultery(A) has no sense;(B)
    whoever does so destroys himself.

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And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the [a]youths,
A young man (A)devoid[b] of understanding,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:7 Lit. sons
  2. Proverbs 7:7 lacking

I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.(A)

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(A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)

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22 (A)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the (B)incorruptible (C)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

24 (D)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, (E)to dishonor their bodies (F)among themselves,

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  1. Romans 1:23 perishable

22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A) 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(B) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over(C) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(D)

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21 ‘Hear this now, O (A)foolish people,
Without [a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:

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  1. Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart

21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,(A)
    who have eyes(B) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:(C)

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22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [a]as a fool to the correction of the [b]stocks,
23 Till an arrow struck his liver.
(A)As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it [c]would cost his life.

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  1. Proverbs 7:22 LXX, Syr., Tg. as a dog to bonds; Vg. as a lamb . . . to bonds
  2. Proverbs 7:22 shackles
  3. Proverbs 7:23 Lit. is for

22 All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](A)
23     till an arrow pierces(B) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
  2. Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

18 For (A)her house [a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they [b]regain the paths of life—

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  1. Proverbs 2:18 sinks
  2. Proverbs 2:19 Lit. reach

18 Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(A)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.(B)

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39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

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39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you,(A) there is no one so discerning and wise as you.(B)

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There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. (A)How then can I do this great wickedness, and (B)sin against God?”

10 So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he (C)did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

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No one is greater in this house than I am.(A) My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”(B) 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused(C) to go to bed with her or even be with her.

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“O Israel, [a]you are destroyed,
But [b]your help is from Me.

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  1. Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
  2. Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(A) against your helper.(B)

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The Idolatry of Israel

11 “Harlotry, wine, and new wine (A)enslave the heart.
12 My people ask counsel from their (B)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (C)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.

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  1. Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod

     11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(C)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(D)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(E)
A spirit of prostitution(F) leads them astray;(G)
    they are unfaithful(H) to their God.

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31 (A)Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a (B)new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?

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31 Rid(A) yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart(B) and a new spirit. Why(C) will you die, people of Israel?(D)

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