The Bible, King James version, Book 20: ProverbsAnonymous
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The Bible, King James version, Book 20: Proverbs
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20:006:031 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give
all the substance of his house.
20:006:032 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
20:006:033 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not
be wiped away.
20:006:034 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare
in the day of vengeance.
20:006:035 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.
20:007:001 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
20:007:002 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of
thine eye.
20:007:003 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine
heart.
20:007:004 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding
thy kinswoman:
20:007:005 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the
stranger which flattereth with her words.
20:007:006 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
20:007:007 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the
youths, a young man void of understanding,
20:007:008 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the
way to her house,
20:007:009 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
20:007:010 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an
harlot, and subtil of heart.
20:007:011 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
20:007:012 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at
every corner.)
20:007:013 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face
said unto him,
20:007:014 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
20:007:015 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy
face, and I have found thee.
20:007:016 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved
works, with fine linen of Egypt.
20:007:017 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
20:007:018 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
20:007:019 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20:007:020 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at
the day appointed.
20:007:021 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him.
20:007:022 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
20:007:023 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
20:007:024 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to
the words of my mouth.
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