Mishlei (Pro) 7
7
1My son, keep my words,
store up my commands with you.
2Obey my commands, and live;
guard my teaching like the pupil of your eye.
3Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister”;
call understanding your kinswoman;
5so that they can keep you from unknown women,
from loose women with their seductive talk.
6For I was at the window of my house,
glancing out through the lattice,
7when I saw among the young men there,
among those who don’t think for themselves,
a young fellow devoid of all sense.
8He crosses the street near her corner
and continues on toward her house.
9Dusk turns into evening,
and finally night, dark and black.
10Then a woman approaches him,
dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
11She’s the coarse, impulsive type,
whose feet don’t stay at home;
12rather, she stalks the streets and squares,
lurking at every streetcorner.
13She grabs him, gives him a kiss,
and, brazen-faced, she says to him,
14“I had to offer peace sacrifices,
and I fulfilled my vows today.
15This is why I came out to meet you,
to look for you; now I’ve found you.
16I’ve spread quilts on my couch
made of colored Egyptian linen.
17I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18Come on, let’s make love till morning;
we’ll enjoy making love.
19My husband isn’t at home,
he’s gone on a long trip;
20he took a bag of money with him
and won’t be back till the moon is full.”
21With all her sweet talk she convinces him,
enticing him with her seductive words.
22At once he follows her
like an ox on its way to be slaughtered;
like a fool to be punished in the stocks;
23or like a bird rushing into a trap,
not knowing its life is at stake
till an arrow pierces its liver.
24So now, children, listen to me;
pay attention to what I am saying.
25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.
26For many are those she has struck down dead,
numerous those she has killed.
27Her house is the way to Sh’ol;
it leads down to the halls of death.
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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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