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Avert your eyes from a shapely woman;
    do not gaze upon beauty that is not yours;
Through woman’s beauty many have been ruined,
    for love of it burns like fire.(A)
Never recline at table with a married woman,
    or drink intoxicants with her,
Lest your heart be drawn to her
    and you go down in blood[a] to the grave.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:9 In blood: perhaps refers to blood revenge; cf. Lv 20:10.