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Proverbs 7:4-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

5. She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.

6. At the window of my houseI looked through my lattice.

7. I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking sense.

8. Crossing the street near her corner,he strolled down the road to her house

9. at twilight, in the evening,in the dark of the night.

10. A woman came to meet himdressed like a prostitute, having a hidden agenda.

11. She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home.

12. Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

13. She grabs him and kisses him;she brazenly says to him,

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