Proverbs 7:12
at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
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- Prov 23:28 : 28 Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
- Prov 9:14 : 14 And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
- Jer 2:20 : 20 The Lord Expresses His Exasperation at Judah’s Persistent Idolatry“Indeed, long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. You said,‘I will not serve you.’ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.
- Jer 2:33 : 33 “My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!
- Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria.
- Jer 3:2 : 2 “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. Where have you not been ravished? You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.
- Ezek 16:24-25 : 24 you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square. 25 At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.
- Ezek 16:31 : 31 When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment.
- Rev 18:3 : 3 For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”
- Rev 18:23 : 23 Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
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- Prov 7:5-117 verses87%
5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
6 For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out
7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.
8 He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
9 in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
11 (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–
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13 So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
- Prov 9:13-164 verses81%
13 The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
14 And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
- Prov 1:20-212 verses79%
20 Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
- Prov 7:21-222 verses79%
21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
- Prov 9:2-43 verses79%
2 She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
- Prov 8:2-32 verses78%
2 At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;
3 beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:
- Prov 7:25-273 verses76%
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;
26 for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
- Prov 23:27-282 verses76%
27 for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
28 Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
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8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
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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.
- Prov 6:24-263 verses74%
24 by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
26 for 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.
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32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!
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16 to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;
- Prov 5:3-64 verses74%
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.
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20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”
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18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.
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11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.
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17 Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
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20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
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16 Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.
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7 As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’
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29 From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance.
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6 The Lord’s Discipline Will Bring Israel Back Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
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9 It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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10 Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!
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2 “I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved.” I searched for him but I did not find him.