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Proverbs 7:5-13 Common English Bible (CEB)

5. so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,from the foreign woman who flatters you.

6. When from the window of my house,from behind the screen, I gazed down,

7. I looked among the naive young menand noticed among the youth, one who had no sense.

8. He was crossing the street at her cornerand walked down the path to her house

9. in the early evening,at the onset of night and darkness.

10. All of a sudden a woman approaches him,dressed like a prostitute and with a cunning mind.

11. She is noisy and defiant;her feet don’t stay long in her own house.

12. She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square.She lies in wait at every corner.

13. She grabs him and kisses him.Her face is brazen as she speaks to him:

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