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Genesis 39:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

After some time, the wife of Joseph’s master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, “Sleep with me.”

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She started to feed Amnon, but he grabbed her hand. He said to her, “Sister, come and sleep with me.”

Every time they look at a woman, they want her. They are always sinning this way. And they lead weaker people into the trap of sin. They have taught themselves well to be greedy. They are under a curse.

You are just the opposite of most prostitutes who force men to pay them, because you pay the men to have sex with you.”

This is all there is in the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. But none of these comes from the Father. They come from the world.

But I tell you that if a man looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, he has already committed that sin with her in his mind.

You are a woman guilty of adultery. You would rather have sex with strangers than with your own husband.

“I made an agreement with my eyes not to look at a young woman in a way that would make me want her.

You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man who walked by. You raised your skirt so that they could see your legs, and you acted like a prostitute with those men.

You sinned, so the rain has not come. There has not been any springtime rains. But still you refuse to be ashamed. The look on your face is like that of a prostitute who refuses to be ashamed.

She grabbed the young man and kissed him. Without shame, she looked him in the eye and said,

If you do, others will get the honor you should have had. Some stranger will get everything you worked years to get.

Wisdom will save you from that other woman, another man’s wife, who tempts you with sweet words.

Don’t let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.

My son, those who love to do wrong will try to trick you. Don’t listen to them.

A prostitute might cost a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man could cost you your life.




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