Proverbs 7
7
1 My son, keep my words.
Lay up my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments and live!
Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Call understanding your relative,
5that they may keep you from the strange woman,
from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house,
I looked out through my lattice.
7 I saw amongst the simple ones.
I discerned amongst the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner,
he went the way to her house,
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,
and with crafty intent.
11 She is loud and defiant.
Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,
and lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him.
With an impudent face she said to him:
14“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
Today I have paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
to diligently seek your face,
and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 For my husband isn’t at home.
He has gone on a long journey.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him.
He will come home at the full moon.”
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 He followed her immediately,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver,
as a bird hurries to the snare,
and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.
Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 for she has thrown down many wounded.
Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,#7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead.
going down to the rooms of death.
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Proverbs 7
7
The Woman of Adultery
1My son, remember what I say.
Treasure my commands.
2Obey my commands, and you will live.
Protect my teachings as you would your own eyes.
3Remind yourself of them.
Write them down in your mind as if on a tablet.
4Be good to wisdom as if she were your sister.
Make understanding your closest friend.
5Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery.
They will keep you away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
6I once was standing at the window of my house.
I looked out through the shutters.
7I saw some foolish, young men.
I noticed one of them who had no wisdom.
8He was walking down the street near the corner.
He was on the road leading to her house.
9It was the twilight of the evening.
The darkness of the night was just beginning.
10Then the woman approached him.
She was dressed like a prostitute
and was planning to trick him.
11She was a loud and stubborn woman.
She never stayed at home.
12She was always out in the streets or in the city squares.
She was always waiting around on the street corners.
13She grabbed him and kissed him.
Without shame she said to him,
14“I made my fellowship offering and have the meat at home.
I have kept my special promises.
15So I have come out to meet you.
I have been looking for you and have found you!
16I have covered my bed
with colored sheets from Egypt.
17I have made my bed smell sweet
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18Come, let’s make love until morning.
Let’s enjoy each other’s love!
19My husband is not home.
He has gone on a long trip.
20He took a lot of money with him.
And he won’t be home for weeks.”
21By her clever words she made him give in.
By her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
22All at once he followed her.
He was like an ox being led to the butcher.
He was like a deer caught in a trap.
23But quickly an arrow shot through his liver.
He was like a bird caught in a trap.
He didn’t know what he did would kill him.
24Now, my sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say.
25Don’t let yourself be tricked by the woman who is guilty of adultery.
Don’t join her in her evil actions.
26She has ruined many good men.
Many have died because of her.
27Going to her house is like taking the road to death.
That road leads down to where the dead are.
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