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An outstretched hand and a raised refusing palm remain apart between clothed adults.
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Proverbs 5:20

Why Embrace a Forbidden Way

Keep Discretion and Rejoice in Faithful Love · Proverbs 5

Story guide: The withheld embrace illustrates the warning’s question; no affair or historical encounter is staged.

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20Why, my son, should you go astray with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?

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