Proverbs 2:16-18

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¹⁶You will be saved from the loose^[a] woman,
    from the adulteress with her smooth words,
¹⁷who forsakes the partner of her youth
    and forgets her sacred covenant;
¹⁸for her way^[b] leads down to death,
    and her paths to the shades;

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Proverbs 2:16 Heb strange
Proverbs 2:18 Cn: Heb house

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