Proverbs 7
7
Avoid loose women
1My son, keep my words;
store up my commands within you.
2Keep my commands and live,
and my instruction 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 “friend,”
5so she might guard you against the mysterious woman,
from the foreign woman who flatters you.
6When from the window of my house,
from behind the screen, I gazed down,
7I looked among the naive young men
and noticed among the youth, one who had no sense.
8He was crossing the street at her corner
and walked down the path to her house
9in the early evening,
at the onset of night and darkness.
10All of a sudden a woman approaches him,
dressed like a prostitute and with a cunning mind.
11She is noisy and defiant;
her feet don’t stay long in her own house.
12She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square.
She lies in wait at every corner.
13She grabs him and kisses him.
Her face is brazen as she speaks to him:
14“I’ve made a sacrifice of well-being;
today I fulfilled my solemn promises.
15So I’ve come out to meet you,
seeking you, and I have found you.
16I’ve spread my bed with luxurious covers,
with colored linens from Egypt.
17I’ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let’s drink deep of love until morning;
let’s savor our lovemaking.
19For my husband isn’t home;
he’s gone far away.
20He took a pouch of money with him;
he won’t come home till full moon.”
21She seduces him with all her talk.
She entices him with her flattery.
22He goes headlong after her,
like an ox to the slaughter,
like a deer leaping into a trap,#7.22 Heb uncertain
23until an arrow pierces his liver,
like a bird hurrying to the snare,
not aware that it will cost him his life.
24Now sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to my speech.
25Don’t turn your heart to her ways;
don’t wander down her paths.
26She has caused many corpses to fall;
she has killed many people.
27Her house is a path to the grave,#7.27 Heb Sheol
going down to the chambers of death.
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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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