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For a prostitute is 1a deep pit; 2an adulteress is a narrow 3well.
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4She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
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5Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has 6wounds without cause? Who has 7redness of eyes?
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Those who 8tarry long over wine; those who go to try 9mixed 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 10bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter 11perverse 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 12struck me," you will say,"but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I 13must have another drink."