Proverbs 5:9

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For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

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  • Gen 38:23-26 : 23 And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman. 24 Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned. 25 And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick? 26 Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
  • Judg 16:19-21 : 19 And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him. 20 Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him. 21 So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
  • Prov 6:29-35 : 29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment. 30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it: 31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house. 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul. 33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away. 34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy. 35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.
  • Hos 4:13-14 : 13 They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands. 14 I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.

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  • Prov 5:10-11
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    10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

    11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

  • Prov 5:6-8
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    6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

    8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

    25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 5:17-18
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    17 Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.

    18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 31:3
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    3 Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

    17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

  • Job 31:9-11
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    9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

    10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

    11 For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Prov 27:2
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    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • Job 36:18
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  • Prov 25:8-10
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    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 11:16
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    16 A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

  • Hab 2:9-10
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    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

    10 You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 1:10
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    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Exod 34:15
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  • Lev 19:29
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    29 Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 4:15
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    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Prov 4:8-9
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    8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

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  • Prov 27:13
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    13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Deut 5:18
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    18 Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Prov 6:33
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    33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

  • Prov 3:31
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    31 Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.