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For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
    and her speech[a] is smoother than oil;
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
    sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death;
    her steps follow the path to[b] Sheol;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate
  2. Proverbs 5:5 Heb lay hold of

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