12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 7:12–14
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Proverbs 23:27–29
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. 28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Sirach 14:21–23
21 He who considers her ways in his heart will also have knowledge of her secrets. (WEB) 22 Go after her like a hunter, and lie in wait in her paths. (WEB) 23 He who peers in at her windows will also listen at her doors. (WEB)
Greek Esther 15:11–13
11 And so he held up his golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, (KJV) 12 And embraced her, and said, Speak unto me. (KJV) 13 Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty. (KJV)
Hosea 2:9–11
9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness. 10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My ha…
Testament of Joseph 1:41–43
41 And I said unto her: The Lord willeth not. that those who reverence Him should be in uncleanness, nor doth He take pleasure in them that commit adultery, but in those that approach Him with a pure heart and undefiled lips. (T12) 42 But she heed her peace, longing to ac… (T12)
Sirach 6:23–25
23 Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. (WEB) 24 Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain. (WEB) 25 Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds. (WEB)
Job 31:26–28
26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, 28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Testament of Judah 2:24–26
24 Therefore being drunk with wine, I did not recognize her; and her beauty deceived me, through the fashion of her adorning. (T12) 25 And I turned aside to her, and said: Let me go in unto thee. (T12) 26 And she said: What wilt thou give me? And I gave her my staff, and my girdle,… (T12)
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