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Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister’,
    and call insight your intimate friend,
that they may keep you from the loose[a] woman,
    from the adulteress with her smooth words.

For at the window of my house
    I looked out through my lattice,

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  1. Proverbs 7:5 Heb strange

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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