Gen 39:12-18, Pro 2:16-19, 5:3-15, 6:24-32, 7:5-27, 9:16-18 | ESV | STEP | she caught him by his garment , saying , Lie with me. But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.

Genesis 39:12-18

12 ^ashe caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, 14 she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. 15 And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.” 16 Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, 17 and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18 But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”

Proverbs 2:16-19

16 So ^byou will be delivered from the forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^dthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew foreign woman} with ^fher smooth words,
17 who forsakes ^gthe companion of her youth
and forgets ^hthe covenant of her God;
18 ⁱfor her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed; ^{▼▼Hebrew to the Rephaim}
19 none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.

Proverbs 5:3-15

3 For the lips of ^ka forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange; also verse 20} woman drip honey,
and her speech ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is ⁿsmoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is ^obitter as ^pwormwood,
^qsharp as ^ra two-edged sword.
5 Her feet ^sgo down to death;
her steps follow the path to ^{▼▼Hebrew lay hold of} Sheol;
6 she ^udoes not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And ^vnow, O sons, listen to me,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you give your honor to others
and your years to the merciless,
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your ^wlabors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you ^xgroan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,
12 and you say, ^y“How I hated discipline,
and my heart ^zdespised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
14 ^aaI am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”
15 Drink ^abwater from your own cistern,
flowing water from your own well.

Proverbs 6:24-32

24 to preserve you from the evil woman, ^{▼▼Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor}
from the smooth tongue of ^adthe adulteress. ^{▼▼Hebrew the foreign woman}
25 ^afDo not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her ^ageyelashes;
26 for ^ahthe price of a prostitute is only ^aia loaf of bread, ^{▼▼Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread}
but a married woman ^{▼▼Hebrew a man’s wife} ^alhunts down a precious life.
27 Can a man carry ^amfire next to his ^anchest
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one ^aowalk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
none who touches her ^apwill go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
to ^aqsatisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31 but ^arif he is caught, he will pay ^assevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:5-27

5 to keep you from ^atthe forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^avthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew the foreign woman} with her smooth words.
6 For at ^axthe window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among ^aythe simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man ^azlacking sense,
8 passing along the street ^banear her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in ^bbthe twilight, in the evening,
at ^bcthe time of night and darkness.
10 And behold, the woman meets him,
^bddressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. ^{▼▼Hebrew guarded in heart}
11 She is ^bfloud and ^bgwayward;
^bhher feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and ^biat every corner she ^bjlies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with ^bkbold face she says to him,
14 “I had to ^bloffer sacrifices, ^{▼▼Hebrew peace offerings}
and today I have ^bnpaid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with ^bocoverings,
colored linens from ^bpEgyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with ^bqmyrrh,
aloes, and ^brcinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For ^bsmy husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^bther smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^bva bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And ^bwnow, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are ^bxa mighty throng.
27 Her house is ^bythe way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:16-18

16 ^bz“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 ^ca“Stolen water is sweet,
and ^cbbread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know ^ccthat the dead ^{▼▼Hebrew Rephaim} are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.