LEB PROV section

Staying the Course

20 My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear.
21 May they not escape from your sight ;[fn] keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them and healing to the entire body .[fn]
23 With all vigilance, keep your heart, for from it comes the source[fn] of life.
24 Remove from yourself deceitful speech ,[fn] and abolish devious talk[fn] from yourself.
25 May your eyes look forward[fn] and your gaze be straight before you.
26 May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure.
27 Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.

and to my understanding incline your ear;
2 in order to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.
3 For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.[fn]
4 But her end is bitter as the wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol.[fn]
6 She does not observe[fn] the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.

4:? Literally “eyes”

4:? Literally “for all his flesh”

4:? Or “extremity”

4:? Literally “crookedness of mouth”

4:? Literally “deviousness of lips”

4:? Or “opposite”

5:? Or “palate”

5:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

5:? Or “examine, weigh”

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