Proverbs 2:16-19

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¹⁶Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,^(A)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
¹⁷who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.^[a]^(B)
¹⁸Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.^(C)
¹⁹None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.^(D)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God

Proverbs 5:3-6

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³For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;^(A)
⁴but in the end she is bitter as gall,^(B)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.
⁵Her feet go down to death;
    her steps lead straight to the grave.^(C)
⁶She gives no thought to the way of life;
    her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.^(D)

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Proverbs 23:27-28

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²⁷for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,^(A)
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
²⁸Like a bandit she lies in wait^(B)
and multiplies the unfaithful among men.