Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”(A)
and call understanding your relative.
She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.(B)

A Story of Seduction

At the window of my house
I looked through my lattice.(C)

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

At the window of my house
    I looked down through the lattice.

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