Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 Son, remember what I say and
never forget what I tell you to
do.
2 Do what I say, and you will live.
Be as careful to follow my teaching
as you are to protect your eyes.
3 Keep my teaching with you all the
time; write it on your heart.
4 Treat
wisdom as your sister, and insight as
your closest friend.
5 They will keep
you away from other men's wives,
from women with seductive words.
The Immoral Woman
6 Once I was looking out the window
of my house,
7 and I saw many
inexperienced young men, but noticed
one foolish fellow in particular.
8 He was walking along the street
near the corner where a certain
woman lived. He was passing near
her house
9 in the evening after it
was dark.
10 And then she met him;
she was dressed like a prostitute and
was making plans.
11 She was a bold
and shameless woman who always
walked the streets
12 or stood waiting
at a corner, sometimes in the
streets, sometimes in the marketplace.
13 She threw her arms around
the young man, kissed him, looked
him straight in the eye, and said,
14 “I
made my offerings today and have
the meat from the sacrifices.
15 So I
came out looking for you. I wanted
to find you, and here you are!
16 I've
covered my bed with sheets of colored
linen from Egypt.
17 I've perfumed
it with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come on! Let's make love
all night long. We'll be happy in each
other's arms.
19 My husband isn't at
home. He's on a long trip.
20 He took
plenty of money with him and won't
be back for two weeks.”
21 So she
tempted him with her charms, and
he gave in to her smooth talk.
22 Suddenly
he was going with her like an
ox on the way to be slaughtered, like
a deer prancing into a trap note
23 where
an arrow would pierce its heart. He
was like a bird going into a net—he
did not know that his life was in danger.
24 Now then, sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say.
25 Do not
let such a woman win your heart;
don't go wandering after her.
26 She
has been the ruin of many men and
caused the death of too many to
count.
27 If you go to her house, you
are on the way to the world of the
dead. It is a shortcut to death.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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