Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are[a] smoother than oil,

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Lit her palate is

20 Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?(A)

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24 They will protect you from an evil woman,[a]
from the flattering[b] tongue of a stranger.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 6:24 LXX reads from a married woman
  2. Proverbs 6:24 Lit smooth

21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering[a] talk.

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  1. Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth

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