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| 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; |
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| 2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. |
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| 3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; |
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| 4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
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| 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol. |
Take hold on hell – Lead to sheol, oblivion, death, the grave. E367; R2599:4
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| 6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither2. |
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| 7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
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| 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: |
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| 9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; |
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| 10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger; |
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| 11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; |
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| 12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! |
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| 13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; |
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| 14 I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
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| 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. |
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| 16 Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. |
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| 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. |
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| 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. |
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| 19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. |
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| 20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
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| 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. |
All his goings – The Judge is taking minute cognizance of man's actions and words. R722:2, R2613:1
"Every idle (pernicious, injurious or malicious) word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof." (Matt. 12:36) R722:2, R2613:1
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| 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
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| 23 He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
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