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King James Bible 1611 |
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King James Bible 1769 |
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| 5:1 |
My sonne, attend vnto my wisedome, and bowe thine eare to my vnderstanding. |
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My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: |
| 5:2 |
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge. |
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That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. |
| 5:3 |
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle. |
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: |
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But her end is bitter as wormewood, sharpe as a two edged sword. |
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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. |
| 5:5 |
Her feete goe downe to death: her steps take hold on hell. |
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Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. |
| 5:6 |
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them. |
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Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. |
| 5:7 |
Heare me now therefore, O yee children: & depart not from the words of my mouth. |
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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| 5:8 |
Remoue thy way farre from her, and come not nie the doore of her house: |
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Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: |
| 5:9 |
Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell: |
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: |
| 5:10 |
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger, |
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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; |
| 5:11 |
And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
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And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
| 5:12 |
And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe? |
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And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; |
| 5:13 |
And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me? |
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And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
| 5:14 |
I was almost in all euill, in the midst of the congregation & assembly. |
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I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
| 5:15 |
Drinke waters out of thine owne cisterne, and running waters out of thine owne well. |
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. |
| 5:16 |
Let thy fountaines bee dispersed abroad, and riuers of waters in the streets. |
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Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. |
| 5:17 |
Let them be onely thine owne, and not strangers with thee. |
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. |
| 5:18 |
Let thy fountaine be blessed: and reioyce with the wife of thy youth. |
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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
| 5:19 |
Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue. |
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Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
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And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger? |
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
| 5:21 |
For the wayes of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. |
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. |
| 5:22 |
His owne iniquities shall take the wicked himselfe, and he shall be holden with the coards of his sinnes. |
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. |
| 5:23 |
He shall die without instruction, and in the greatnesse of his folly he shal goe astray. |
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He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |