The tongue of a strange woman
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand
with a stranger,
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words
of thy mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand
of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from
the hand of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy
sleep?
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to
sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed
man.
12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Naughty, wicked people wink with their eyes,
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his
fingers;
speak with their feet, and teach with their fingers.
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth
discord.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken
without remedy.
They are always planning mischief.
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto
him:
There are six or seven things that God hates. [1]
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running
to mischief,
a heart that imagines wicked things, mischievous feet,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
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My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy
mother:
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep
thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life:
a false witness, and a person who divides people.
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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Stay away from evil, strange, whorish women.
25Lust not after her
beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt
for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall
not be innocent.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is
hungry;
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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the
substance of his house.
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that
doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped
away.
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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day
of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou
givest many gifts.
Don't lust after them, or be fooled by their eyelids.