[8 Keep to a path far from [the adulterous woman], do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,] 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another. There are few things …
[8 Keep to a path far from [the adulterous woman], do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel, 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich the house of another.] 11 At the end of …
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words, 17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. Wisdom enables improvement, but it also affords protection. Two dangers are highlighted in this chapter: “the ways of wicked …
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Here we turn from a lengthy warning of the perils of adultery to a lesson in the importance of sexual fidelity. The cistern was perhaps the most precious possession of the ancient home, sustaining the life thereof, and it this to …
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love! 19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. 20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.” Now that she has brought down the senseless youth’s defenses, …