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[My child, keep sound the bloom of your youth,] [and do not give your strength to strangers.]
20
[Seek a fertile field within the whole plain,] [and sow it with your own seed, trusting in your fine stock.]
21
[So your offspring will prosper,] [and, having confidence in their good descent, will grow great.]
22
[A prostitute is regarded as spittle,] [and a married woman as a tower of death to her lovers.]
23
[A godless wife is given as a portion to a lawless man,] [but a pious wife is given to the man who fears the Lord.]
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