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Proverbs 5:4

Sweet beginnings on the wrong path lead to bitter ends. What seems attractive can turn sharp and harmful when it leads away from God's ways.

Memory phrase: Wrong paths end in bitterness.

Talk about it: Have you ever started something that seemed great but ended badly? What did you learn?

Prayer: God, help me see past sweet beginnings to where a wrong path truly leads.

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