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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 5, Verse 1

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Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
American Standard Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
New English Translation
Admonition to Avoid Seduction to Evil My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,
World English Bible
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
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For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
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And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,