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1Let your father and mother be glad; let 2her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a prostitute is 3a deep pit; 4an adulteress is a narrow 5well.
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6She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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7Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 8wounds without cause? Who has 9redness of eyes?
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Those who 10tarry long over wine; those who go to try 11mixed wine.
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Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
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In the end it 12bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 13perverse things.
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You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast.
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"They 14struck me," you will say,"but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I 15must have another drink."