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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 2, Verse 16

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Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
American Standard Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
New English Translation
to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;
World English Bible
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
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For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
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My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
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For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.