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
Treasure Torah’s Teaching
1My son, keep my words and treasure my mitzvot within you.
2Keep my mitzvot and live, 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 relative.
5They will keep you from a seducing woman, from the foreign woman with her seductive speech.
6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice.
7I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding,
8crossing the street near her corner, walking in the direction of her house,
9in the twilight of the evening, in the darkest hours of the night.
10All of a sudden, a woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute and with a cunning heart.
11She is loud and defiant. Her feet never stay at home—
12now in the streets, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.
13So she grabs him and kisses him and with a brazen face says to him:
14“I had to sacrifice fellowship offerings; today I paid my vow.
15So I’ve come out to meet you, to seek your presence eagerly— and I found you!
16I have spread my couch with tapestry of dyed Egyptian linens.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let’s drink our fill of love till morning! Let’s delight ourselves with love.
19For my husband is not at home— he’s gone on a long journey.
20He took a bag of money with him— he won’t come home until full moon.”
21With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
22Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap,
23till an arrow pierces its liver. Like a bird darting into a snare, he never considered his own soul!
24Now then, sons, listen to me, pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray onto her paths.
26For many are the victims she has brought down, and numerous are all her slain.
27Her house is a highway to Sheol, leading down to the chambers of death.
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