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15 calling to those who pass by,
    who are going straight on their way,

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27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    an adulteress[a] is a narrow well.(A)
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.(B)

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  1. 23.27 Heb alien woman

25 Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her paths.(A)
26 For many are those she has laid low,
    and numerous are her victims.(B)
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.(C)

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13 She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with impudent face she says to him:
14 “I had to offer sacrifices,
    and today I have paid my vows;(A)
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!

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