Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,
Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things.
He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
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