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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 7, Verse 5

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Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
King James Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
American Standard Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
New English Translation
so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
World English Bible
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
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For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
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In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
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And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
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Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,
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[I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.