My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight, that you may maintain discernment and your lips may preserve knowledge. Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth. Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house, lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
A seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog;
but she that is shamefaced will fear the Creator.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
But she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
Because they thought it was worthless to embrace the true knowledge of God, God gave them over to a worthless mindset.
For the word of the cross is foolish to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
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