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20 Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman
    and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord,
    and he watches[a] all his paths.
22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
    and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

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  1. Proverbs 5:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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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