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2you are snared by the utterance of your lips,
caught by the words of your mouth.
3So do this, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.
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like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
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from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.
27Can fire be carried in the bosom
without burning one’s clothes?
28Or can one walk on hot coals
without scorching the feet?
29 Ezek 18.6; 33.26 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30Thieves are not despised who steal only
to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
31 Ex 22.1–4 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
they will forfeit all the goods of their house.
32 Prov 7.7 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
33He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 Prov 11.4; 27.4 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.
35He will accept no compensation
and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.
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