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22 Wherever you go in life, their words will be your guide. They will keep you safe while you sleep. When you wake up, they will teach you.

23 Their commands and their teaching are like a lamp that gives you light. When they warn you that you are doing wrong things, that helps you to live well.

24 They will keep you safe from any bad woman, so that the sweet words of an adulteress will not deceive you.

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22 When you walk, they will guide you;
    when you sleep, they will watch over you;
    when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(C)

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