20 Why, my son, would you lose yourself
with a forbidden woman
or embrace a wayward woman?(A)
21 For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,(B)
and he considers all his paths.(C)
22 A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him;(D)
he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.(E)

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20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(D)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(E)

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