Job 31:9

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If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

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  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Jer 5:8 : 8 They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor’s wife.
  • Hos 7:4 : 4 They are all like bakers, they are like a smoldering oven; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
  • Judg 16:5 : 5 The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her,“Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
  • Job 24:15-16 : 15 And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking,‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask. 16 In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words; 17 who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God. 18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits. 19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil, 4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. 6 Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it. 7 So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak. 8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person, 10 lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house. 11 And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away. 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! 13 For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors. 14 I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!” 15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth– 19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. 20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? 21 For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths. 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. 23 He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

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    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

    11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.

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  • Job 31:25-27
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    25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

    26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • Job 31:5-8
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    5If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

    7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

    8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

  • Job 31:33
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    33if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

  • Prov 7:5-6
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

    6For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

  • Prov 6:29-30
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    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

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  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Job 31:16
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    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Job 31:20-21
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    20whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • Job 31:38-39
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    38Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

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    1Job Vindicates Himself“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Job 31:29
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    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • Num 5:12-13
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    12“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,

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  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

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    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

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    20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”

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    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

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    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

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    51What my eyes see grieves me– all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

  • Num 5:29
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    29“‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

  • Ps 7:3
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    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Prov 31:11
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    11Her husband’s heart has trusted her, and he does not lack the dividends.

  • Deut 22:14
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    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Exod 22:16
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    16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

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    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

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    2(9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.