American Standard Version of 1901
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but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
To deliver thee from the strange woman,Even from the foreigner that {Hebrew: maketh smooth her words.}flattereth with her words;
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,And her mouth is smoother than oil:
To keep thee from the evil woman,From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman,From the foreigner that {Hebrew: maketh smooth her words.}flattereth with her words.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet,And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
For there is no {Or, stedfastness}faithfulness in their mouth;Their inward part is {Or, a yawning gulf}very wickedness;Their throat is an open sepulchre;They {Hebrew: make smooth with tongue}flatter with their tongue.
He goeth after her {Hebrew: suddenly.}straightway,As an ox goeth to the slaughter,Or as one in {The Hebrew is obsure.}fetters to the correction of the fool;
And I find more bitter than death the woman {Or, who is a snare, and her heart is as nets}whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,That they might walk in their own counsels.
Oh that my people would hearken unto me,That Israel would walk in my ways!