Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 7
7
1My son, guard my words, And treasure up my commands with you.
2Guard my commands and live, And my Torah 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 a close friend,
5To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
7And I saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man lacking heart,
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.
10And look, a woman met him, Dressed like a whore, With a hidden heart.
11She was boisterous and stubborn, Her feet did not stay at her own house.
12Now in the street, Now in the square, And at every corner she lurks.
13And she took hold of him and kissed him; She hardened her face and said to him:
14“Slaughterings of peace offerings are with me; Today I have paid my vows.
15“Therefore I came out to meet you, To earnestly seek your face, and I found you.
16“I have spread my bed with coverings, Coloured linens of Mitsrayim.
17“I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18“Come, let us take our fill of carnal-love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with love.
19“For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey;
20“He took a bag of silver with him; He comes home on the day of the covering.”
21With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.
22He goes after her immediately, Like an ox he goes to the slaughter, And as in chains, a fool to the punishment,
23Till an arrow strikes through his liver; Like a bird rushing into a snare, And did not know it would take his life.
24And now, listen to me, you children; 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 many are the wounded she has caused to fall, And numerous all her killed ones.
27Her house is the way to She’ol, Going down to the rooms of death.
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Proverbs 7
7
1My son, keep my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live;
And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers,
Write them upon the table of thine heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
And call understanding thy kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
From the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,
7And beheld 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:
10And, behold, there met him a woman
With the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She is loud and stubborn;
Her feet abide not in her house:
12Now is she without, now in the streets,
And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him,
And with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me;
This day have I payed my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
With carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17I 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 loves.
19For the goodman is not at home,
He is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him,
And will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
With the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goeth after her straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23Till a dart strike through his liver;
As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for his life.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children,
And attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways,
Go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded:
Yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27Her house is the way to hell,
Going down to the chambers of death.
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