Proverbs 7:12
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12 now in the street, now in the squares,
and at every corner she lies in wait.(A)
Proverbs 23:28
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28 She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the number of the faithless.(A)
Proverbs 9:14
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14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the high places of the town,
Revelation 18:3
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3 For all the nations have fallen[a]
from the wine of the wrath of her prostitution,
and the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality[b] with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power[c] of her luxury.”(A)
Revelation 18:23
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23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the magnates of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.(A)
Ezekiel 16:31
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31 building your platform at the head of every street and making your lofty place in every square! Yet you were not like a prostitute because you scorned payment.
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Ezekiel 16:24-25
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24 you built yourself a platform and made yourself a lofty place in every square;(A) 25 at the head of every street you built your lofty place and prostituted your beauty, offering yourself[a] to every passer-by and multiplying your prostitution.(B)
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- 16.25 Heb spreading your legs
Jeremiah 3:2
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2 Look up to the bare heights[a] and see!
Where have you not been lain with?
By the waysides you sat waiting for lovers,
like a nomad in the wilderness.
You have polluted the land
with your prostitutions and wickedness.(A)
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- 3.2 Or the trails
Jeremiah 2:36
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36 Why do you go about so much
to change your way?
You shall be put to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.(A)
Jeremiah 2:33
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33 How well you direct your course
to seek lovers!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
Jeremiah 2:20
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20 For long ago you broke your yoke
and burst your bonds,
and you said, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you sprawled and prostituted yourself.(A)
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