A warning against the forbidden woman: her lips drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword, her feet going down to death. Stay far from her door lest you give your honor to others and your labors to the house of a foreigner. Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer and graceful doe; be intoxicated always in her love. Why should you embrace the bosom of an adulteress? The LORD sees all a man's ways.
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Purpose and FoundationChapters 1-9
Introduction to wisdom, personification of wisdom, warnings against folly and the adulteress.
Solomon's ProverbsChapters 10-22
Sayings of the WiseChapters 22-24
Hezekiah's CollectionChapters 25-29
Agur and LemuelChapters 30-31


