Proverbs 7

Proverbs 7 is a chapter in the Book of Proverbs that is devoted entirely to a stern warning against adultery.

For example, verses 21-23 conclude that the adulteress will cost a man even his life:

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With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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