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keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
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bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend;
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to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.
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For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.