Proverbs 7
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- 1My son, keep my words, and store my commandments with you.
- 2Keep my commandments and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
- 3Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
- 4Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your relative.
- 5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
- 6For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
- 7and I saw among the simple ones, I noticed among the youths, a young man without understanding,
- 8Passing through the street near her corner, he went toward her house,
- 9in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.
- 10And there, a woman met him, dressed like a prostitute, and cunning of heart.
- 11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house.
- 12Now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
- 13So she caught him, kissed him, and with a bold face said to him,
- 14"I have peace offerings with me; today I have paid my vows.
- 15So I came out to meet you, eagerly seeking you, and I have found you.
- 16I have adorned my bed with tapestry coverings, with carved designs, and fine linen from Egypt.
- 17I have scented my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
- 19For the man of the house is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
- 20He has taken a bag of money with him and will come home on the appointed day.
- 21With her many fair words, she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips, she forced him.
- 22He follows her immediately, like an ox going to the slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of the stocks,
- 23until a dart pierces his liver; like a bird rushing into a trap, not knowing it will cost him his life.
- 24Now listen to me, children, and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
- 25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not go astray in her paths.
- 26For she has brought down many wounded; indeed, many strong men have been killed by her.
- 27Her house leads to hell, descending to the chambers of death.