16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

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16 You will be saved from the loose woman,[a]
    from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words,(A)

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  1. 2.16 Heb strange woman
  2. 2.16 Heb alien woman

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

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For the lips of a loose woman[a] drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil,(A)

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  1. 5.3 Heb strange woman

20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

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20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman
    and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?[a](A)

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  1. 5.20 Heb alien woman

They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.
I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.(B)
He was going down the street near her corner,
    walking along in the direction of her house
at twilight,(C) as the day was fading,
    as the dark of night set in.

10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
    dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(D) and defiant,
    her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
    at every corner she lurks.)(E)
13 She took hold of him(F) and kissed him
    and with a brazen face she said:(G)

14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,
    and I have food from my fellowship offering(H) at home.
15 So I came out to meet you;
    I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
    with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(I)
    with myrrh,(J) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
    let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(K)
19 My husband is not at home;
    he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
    and will not be home till full moon.”

21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(L)
22 All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](M)
23     till an arrow pierces(N) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(O)

24 Now then, my sons, listen(P) to me;
    pay attention to what I say.
25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways
    or stray into her paths.(Q)
26 Many are the victims she has brought down;
    her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(R)

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  1. Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
  2. Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

that they may keep you from the loose woman,[a]
    from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.(A)

For at the window of my house
    I looked out through my lattice,
and I saw among the simple ones,
    I observed among the youths,
    a young man without sense,(B)
passing along the street near her corner,
    taking the road to her house(C)
in the twilight, in the evening,
    at the time of night and darkness.(D)

10 Then a woman comes toward him
    decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.
11 She is loud and wayward;
    her feet do not stay at home;(E)
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
    and at every corner she lies in wait.(F)
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with impudent face she says to him:
14 “I had to offer sacrifices,
    and today I have paid my vows;(G)
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!
16 I have decked my couch with coverings,
    colored spreads of Egyptian linen;(H)
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
    aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
    let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
    he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him;
    he will not come home until full moon.”

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
    with her smooth talk she compels him.(I)
22 Right away he follows her
    and goes like an ox to the slaughter
or bounds like a stag toward the trap[c]
23     until an arrow pierces its entrails.
He is like a bird rushing into a snare,
    not knowing that it will cost him his life.(J)

24 And now, my children, listen to me,
    and be attentive to the words of my mouth.(K)
25 Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her paths.(L)
26 For many are those she has laid low,
    and numerous are her victims.(M)
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.(N)

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  1. 7.5 Heb strange woman
  2. 7.5 Heb alien woman
  3. 7.22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(A)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(B)

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14 The mouth of a loose woman[a] is a deep pit;
    he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.

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  1. 22.14 Heb strange woman

Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(C)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Like a bandit she lies in wait(D)
    and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

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26 My child, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.(A)
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    an adulteress[b] is a narrow well.(B)
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.(C)

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  1. 23.26 Or delight in
  2. 23.27 Heb alien woman