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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: