Proverbs 7:25

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Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked:

Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.

But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.

We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man - to his way, had we burned, - And Yahweh! caused to light upon him The guilt of, us all!

For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths: