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24 They guard you from the evil woman,
    from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.
25 Don’t desire her beauty in secret;
    don’t let her take you in with her eyelashes,
26         for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread,[a]
        but a married woman hunts for a man’s very life.

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  1. Proverbs 6:26 Heb uncertain

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(A)

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(B)

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