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Proverbs 5:2-4
Legacy Standard Bible

2 That you may (A)keep discretion
And that your (B)lips may guard knowledge.
3 For the lips of a (C)strange woman (D)drip honey
And (E)smoother than oil is her [a]speech;
4 But her end is (F)bitter as wormwood,
(G)Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Proverbs 5:2-4
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2 that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,(B)
    sharp as a double-edged sword.

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