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Glem ikke mine gode råd, min søn,
    hav dem altid i tanke.
Lyt til mine råd, så du får et godt liv,
    pas på dem som på en dyrebar skat.
Skriv dig dem bag øret,
    så du aldrig glemmer dem.
Elsk visdom som en søster,
    lad indsigten være din bedste ven.
Lad dem værne dig mod en andens hustru,
    beskytte dig mod løsagtige kvinders smiger.

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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman

My son,(A) keep my words
    and store up my commands within you.
Keep my commands and you will live;(B)
    guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(C)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(D)

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