Proverbs 7
7
The Wiles of the Harlot
1My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
2Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching 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 intimate friend;
5That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
7And I saw among the naive,
And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,
8Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
11She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;
12 She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
13So she seizes him and kisses him
And with a brazen face she says to him:
14“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.
15Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
16I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.
17I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
19For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;
20He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”
21With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.
22Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
23Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.
26For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.
27Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.
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Proverbs 7
7
Beware of the Adulteress
1#Pr 1:8My son, keep my words,
and lay up my commandments within you.
2#Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8 Keep my commandments and live,
and my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3#Pr 3:3; 6:21 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your kinswoman,
5#Pr 2:16; 6:24 that they may keep you from the immoral woman,
from the seductress who flatters with her words.
6For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7#Pr 6:32; 1:22 and saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,
8passing through the street near her corner;
and he went the way to her house
9in the twilight, in the evening,
in the black and dark night.
10#Ge 38:14–15; 1Ti 2:9 And there a woman met him,
with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11#Pr 9:13; Titus 2:5 She is loud and stubborn;
her feet do not abide in her house.
12#Pr 23:28; 9:14 Now she is without, now in the streets,
and lies in wait at every corner.
13#Ge 39:12 So she caught him, and kissed him;
and with an impudent face said to him:
14#Lev 7:11 “I have peace offerings with me;
this day have I paid my vows.
15Therefore I came out to meet you,
diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16#Isa 19:9; Eze 27:7 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17#Ps 45:8 I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
let us solace ourselves with love.
19#Mt 20:11 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20he has taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed.”
21#Pr 5:3; Ps 12:2 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
22He went after her straightway,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23#Ecc 9:12 until a dart struck through his liver.
As a bird hastens to the snare,
he did not know that it would cost him his life.
24#Pr 5:7; 4:1 Listen to me now therefore, O children,
and attend to the words of my mouth:
25#Pr 5:8 do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
do not go astray in her paths;
26#Ne 13:26 for she has cast down many wounded,
and many strong men have been slain by her.
27#Pr 5:5; 9:18 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
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