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Pitfalls of Immorality
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My son, attend to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding;
| E | BNI | LChKMThI | AQShIBA | LThBUNThI | AT-
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| | in·we·he-will | to·? | the·? | to·? | the·?
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2
That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
| B | LShMR | MZMUTh | UDOTh | ShFThIK | INTsRU
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| | to·? | from·? | and·? | ? | he-will·we·?
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3
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
| G | KI | NFTh | ThTFNA | ShFThI | ZRA | UChLQ | MShMN | ChKA
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| | that | we·? | ? | ? | ? | and·? | from·? | ?
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4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
| D | UEChRIThA | MRA | KLONA | ChDA | KChRB | FIUTh
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| | and·I-will·? | from·? | as·to·? | ? | as·Horeb | ?
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5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;
| A | RGLIA | IRDUTh | MUTh | ShEUL | TsODIA
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| | ? | he-will·? | from·and·she-will | ? | ?
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6
Unless she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knows it not.
| U | ERCh | ChIIM | FN- | ThFLS | NOU | MOGLThIA | LE | ThDO
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| | I-will·? | life | then | ? | we·? | from·? | not | ?
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7
Now therefore, O you children, hearken to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
| Z | UOThA | BNIM | ShMOU- | LI | UEL- | ThSURU
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| | and·? | children | ? | to·he-will | and·this | ?
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| | MEMRI- | FI
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| | from·I-will·from·? | ?
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8
Remove your way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house;
| Ch | ARChQ | MOLIA | DRKK | UEL- | ThQRB | EL- | FThCh
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| | the·? | from·? | ? | and·this | ? | this | ?
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9
Unless you give your vigour to others, and your years to the cruel;
| T | FN- | ThThN | LEChRIM | AUDK | UShNThIK
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| | then | ? | to·I-will·? | the·and·? | and·?
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10
Unless strangers be filled with your strength, and your labours be in the house of an alien;
| I | FN- | IShBOU | ZRIM | KChK | UOTsBIK
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| | then | he-will·? | ? | as·? | and·?
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| | BBITh | NKRI
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| | in·in·he-will·she-will | we·as·?
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11
You moan, when your end comes, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
| IE | UNAMTh | BEChRIThK
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| | and·we·the·from·she-will | in·I-will·?
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| | BKLUTh | BShRK | UShERK
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| | in·as·to·and·she-will | in·? | and·?
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12
Say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
| IB | UEMRTh | EIK | ShNEThI
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| | and·I-will·from·? | I-will·he-will·as | ?
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| | MUSR | UThUKChTh | NETs | LBI
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| | from·and·? | and·? | we·I-will·? | to·in·he-will
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13
Neither have I hearkened to the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
| IG | ULE- | ShMOThI | BQUL | MURI
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| | and·not | ? | in·? | from·and·?
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| | ULMLMDI | LE- | ATIThI | EZNI
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| | and·to·from·to·from·? | not | the·? | I-will·?
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14
I was well nigh in all evil in the middle of the congregation and assembly.'
| ID | KMOT | AIIThI | BKL- | RO | BThUK
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| | as·from·? | the·he-will·he-will·? | in·all | ? | in·middle
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15
Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
| TU | ShThA- | MIM | MBURK | UNZLIM | MThUK
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| | ? | waters | from·in·and·? | and·we·? | from·middle
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16
Let your springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.
| TZ | IFUTsU | MOINThIK | ChUTsA | BRChBUTh | FLGI- | MIM
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| | he-will·? | from·? | ? | in·? | ? | waters
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17
Let them be only your own, and not strangers' with you.
| IZ | IAIU- | LK | LBDK | UEIN | LZRIM | EThK
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| | he-will·be | to·as | to·in·? | and·no | to·? | I-will·?
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18
Let your fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of your youth.
| ICh | IAI- | MQURK | BRUK | UShMCh | MEShTh | NOURK
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| | be | from·? | in·? | and·? | from·I-will·? | we·?
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19
A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; with her love be you ravished always.
| IT | EILTh | EABIM
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| | I-will·he-will·to·she-will | I-will·the·in·sea
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| | UIOLTh- | ChN | DDIA | IRUK | BKL- | OTh
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| | and·he-will·? | ? | ? | he-will·? | in·all | ?
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| | BEABThA | ThShGA | ThMID
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| | in·I-will·the·in·? | ? | ?
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20
Why then will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
| K | ULMA | ThShGA | BNI | BZRA | UThChBQ
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| | and·to·from·the | ? | in·we·he-will | in·? | and·?
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21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of IAUA, and He makes even all his paths.
| KE | KI | NKCh | OINI | IAUA | DRKI- | EISh | UKL-
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| | that | we·as·? | ? | IAUA | ? | I-will·he-will·? | and·all
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| | MOGLThIU | MFLS
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| | from·? | from·?
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22
His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
| KB | OUUNThIU | ILKDNU | ETh- | ARShO | UBChBLI | ChTEThU
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| | ? | he-will·to·as·? | the | the·? | and·in·? | ?
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23
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
| KG | AUE | IMUTh | BEIN
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| | the·and·I-will | he-will·from·and·she-will | in·no
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| | MUSR | UBRB | EULThU | IShGA
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| | from·and·? | and·in·? | I-will·and·to·? | he-will·?
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