Proverbs 30:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.

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  • Num 5:11-30 : 11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him, 13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act; 14 And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself: 15 Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water: 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse: 19 And the priest shall make her swear an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse: 20 But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband: 21 Then the priest shall make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell; 22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar: 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. 27 And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled and has broken faith with her husband, that the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall waste away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children. 29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and defiles herself; 30 Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD and the priest shall carry out all this law upon her.
  • Prov 5:6 : 6 Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, so that you cannot know them.
  • Prov 7:13-23 : 13 So she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; today I have paid my vows. 15 So I came out to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with love. 19 For the man is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the appointed day. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him. 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.

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    30How weak is your heart, says the Lord GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious, whorish woman;

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    19The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a snake upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

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    3For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

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    13So she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

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    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.

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    32But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.

    33A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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    13And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

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    23For an unloved woman when she is married, and a maidservant who is heir to her mistress.

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    14And gives occasions of speech against her, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin.

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    10Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

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    20But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words;

    17Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

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    20And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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    34And the opposite is in you from other women in your whoredoms, in that none pursue you to commit whoredoms; and in that you give a reward, and no reward is given to you, therefore you are contrary.

    35Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD;

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    33Why do you beautify your way to seek love? therefore you have also taught the wicked ones your ways.

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    2Lift up your eyes to the high places and see where you have not been violated. On the roads you have sat for them, like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and your wickedness.

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    29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

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    22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a lovely woman without discretion.

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    5For their mother has played the harlot: she who conceived them has acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

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    20Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD.

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    12Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

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    30I will do these things to you, because you have gone a whoring after the heathen, and because you are polluted with their idols.

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