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25 Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her.
    Don’t wander down her wayward path.

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25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways
    or stray into her paths.(A)

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Stay away from her!
    Don’t go near the door of her house!

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Keep to a path far from her,(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,

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All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
    We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
    the sins of us all.

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We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(C) of us all.

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25 Don’t lust for her beauty.
    Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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31 Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
    how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
32 For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
    it stings like a viper.
33 You will see hallucinations,
    and you will say crazy things.

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31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup,
    when it goes down smoothly!
32 In the end it bites like a snake
    and poisons like a viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
    and your mind will imagine confusing things.

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23 He will die for lack of self-control;
    he will be lost because of his great foolishness.

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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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14 Don’t do as the wicked do,
    and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
    Turn away and keep moving.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.

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176 I have wandered away like a lost sheep;
    come and find me,
    for I have not forgotten your commands.

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176 I have strayed like a lost sheep.(A)
    Seek your servant,
    for I have not forgotten(B) your commands.

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