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24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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24 keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.
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25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,
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26 For by means of a lewd woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
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27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
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28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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28 Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
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29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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