Proverbs 5:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Warning against Impurity and Infidelity

5 My child, be attentive to my wisdom;
    incline your ear to my understanding,
²so that you may hold on to prudence,
    and your lips may guard knowledge.
³For the lips of a loose^[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;

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Proverbs 5:3 Heb strange

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