Judg 14:15, Pro 2:16-19, 5:3-11, 6:24-26, 7:21-27, 1Cor 6:15-18 | ESV | STEP | On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife , Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire . Have you invited us here to impoverish us?

Judges 14:15

15 On the fourth ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew seventh} day they said to Samson’s wife, ^b“Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, ^clest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Proverbs 2:16-19

16 So ^dyou will be delivered from the forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^fthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew foreign woman} with ^hher smooth words,
17 who forsakes ⁱthe companion of her youth
and forgets ^jthe covenant of her God;
18 ^kfor 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 5:3-11

3 For the lips of ^ma forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange; also verse 20} woman drip honey,
and her speech ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is ^psmoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is ^qbitter as ^rwormwood,
^ssharp as ^ta two-edged sword.
5 Her feet ^ugo down to death;
her steps follow the path to ^{▼▼Hebrew lay hold of} Sheol;
6 she ^wdoes not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And ^xnow, 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 ^ylabors go to the house of a foreigner,
11 and at the end of your life you ^zgroan,
when your flesh and body are consumed,

Proverbs 6:24-26

24 to preserve you from the evil woman, ^{▼▼Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor}
from the smooth tongue of ^abthe adulteress. ^{▼▼Hebrew the foreign woman}
25 ^adDo not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her ^aeeyelashes;
26 for ^afthe price of a prostitute is only ^aga 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} ^ajhunts down a precious life.

Proverbs 7:21-27

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^akher 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 ^ama bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And ^annow, 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 ^aoa mighty throng.
27 Her house is ^apthe way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

1 Corinthians 6:15-18

15 Do you not know that ^aqyour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined ^{▼▼Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17} to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^as“The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord ^atbecomes one spirit with him. 18 ^auFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin ^{▼▼Or Every sin} a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^awsins against his own body.