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Proverbs 7:5

TemptationMarriage

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

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BSB
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
KJV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
WEB
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
ASV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
DARBY
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
BLB
to guard you from the strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] has made smooth her words.
ÅB
for at den må bevare deg fra annen manns hustru, fra fremmede kvinner, som taler glatte ord.
OTB
så de kan beskytte deg mot den utro kvinnen, fra den fremmede kvinnen som smigrer med sine ord.
B1930
forat den må bevare dig fra annen manns hustru, fra fremmede kvinner, som taler glatte ord.

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