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Proverbs 5:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Stay away from a bad woman! Don't even go near the door of her house.

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Don't follow the bad example of cruel and evil people.

Turn aside and keep going. Stay away from them.

You will lose your self-respect and end up in debt to some cruel person for the rest of your life.

Don't even think about that kind of woman or let yourself be misled by someone like her.

It was late in the evening, some time after dark.

She sits in front of her house and on the highest hills in the town.

Keep us from being tempted and protect us from evil.

Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.