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24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
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Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
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For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
27 Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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