For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil (NIV)
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; [Ezek. 20:30; Col. 2:8-10; II Pet. 2:14-17.] (AMP)
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: (KJV)
"And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God's people." (NIV)
[The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community. (AMP)
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. (KJV)
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast. (NIV)
His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin. (AMP)
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (KJV)
A loving doe, a graceful deer – may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love. (NIV)
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]--let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love. (AMP)
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. (KJV)
For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly. (NIV)
He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost. (AMP)
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (KJV)
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. (NIV)
[Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you. (AMP)
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. (KJV)
Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? (NIV)
Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets? (AMP)
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. (KJV)
But in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. (NIV)
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword. (AMP)
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. (KJV)
Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. (NIV)
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). (AMP)
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. (KJV)
Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? (NIV)
Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray? (AMP)
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? (KJV)
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