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13 I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor submitted and consented to those who instructed me.

14 [The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community.

15 [a]Drink waters out of your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship], and fresh running waters out of your own well.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:15 All of the Ten Commandments are reflected in the book of Proverbs; here it is the seventh, “You shall not commit adultery.”

13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.
14 And I was soon in serious trouble(A)
    in the assembly of God’s people.”(B)

15 Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.

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