Proverbs 2:16
New American Standard Bible 1995
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Lit strange woman
Proverbs 5:3
New American Standard Bible 1995
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
Proverbs 5:20
New American Standard Bible 1995
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an [a](A)adulteress
And embrace the bosom of a (B)foreigner?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:20 Lit strange woman
Proverbs 7:5-27
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 For (A)at the window of my house
I looked out (B)through my lattice,
7 And I saw among the [c](C)naive,
And discerned among the [d]youths
A young man (D)lacking [e]sense,
8 Passing through the street near (E)her corner;
And he [f]takes the way to (F)her house,
9 In the (G)twilight, in the [g]evening,
In the [h]middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
(H)Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 She is (I)boisterous and rebellious,
Her (J)feet do not remain at home;
12 She is now in the streets, now (K)in the squares,
And (L)lurks by every corner.
13 So she seizes him and kisses him
[i]And with a (M)brazen face she says to him:
14 “[j]I was due to offer (N)peace offerings;
Today I have (O)paid my vows.
15 “Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
16 “I have spread my couch with (P)coverings,
With colored (Q)linens of Egypt.
17 “I have sprinkled my bed
With (R)myrrh, aloes and (S)cinnamon.
18 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
19 “For [k]my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
20 He has taken a (T)bag of money [l]with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”
21 With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her [m](U)flattering lips she seduces him.
22 Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as [n]one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a (V)bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 Now therefore, my sons, (W)listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your heart (X)turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
26 For many are the [o]victims she has cast down,
And (Y)numerous are all her slain.
27 Her (Z)house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth
- Proverbs 7:7 Lit simple ones
- Proverbs 7:7 Lit sons
- Proverbs 7:7 Lit heart
- Proverbs 7:8 Lit steps
- Proverbs 7:9 Lit evening of the day
- Proverbs 7:9 Lit pupil (of the eye)
- Proverbs 7:13 Lit She makes bold her face and says
- Proverbs 7:14 Lit Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me
- Proverbs 7:19 Lit the man
- Proverbs 7:20 Lit in his hand
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
- Proverbs 7:22 Or as a stag goes into a trap; so some ancient versions
- Proverbs 7:26 Lit mortally wounded
Proverbs 22:14
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 The mouth of [a](A)an adulteress is a deep pit;
He who is (B)cursed of the Lord will fall [b]into it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:14 Lit strange woman
- Proverbs 22:14 Lit there
Proverbs 23:26-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a (C)deep pit
And an [b](D)adulterous woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the [c]faithless among men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
- Proverbs 23:27 Lit strange
- Proverbs 23:28 Lit treacherous
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