Avoid Seduction
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Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others
and your years to someone cruel;
10 and your years to someone cruel;
strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.
11 and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.
At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,
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14 when your physical body has been consumed,
I am on the verge of complete ruin
before the entire community.”
before the entire community.”
Enjoy Marriage
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 5:1: Lit wisdom; stretch out your ear
b.
Proverbs 5:3: Lit her palate is
c.
Proverbs 5:13: Lit or turn my ear