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Proverbs 7:5

New English Translation

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

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to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,

For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out