Proverbs 7
7
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
2Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
3Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
4Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
6For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
7And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
8Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
9In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,
10And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,
11Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
12Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
13And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
14I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
15Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
16I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
20He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.
21She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
22Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
23Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
24Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
27Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
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Proverbs 7
7
1My son,
pay attention to my words.
Treasure my commands that are within you.
2Obey my commands so that you may live.
Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye.
3Tie them on your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Give the name “my relative” to understanding
5in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman,
from a loose woman with her smooth talk.
6From a window in my house I looked through my screen.
7I was looking at gullible people
when I saw a young man without much sense among youths
8He was crossing a street near her corner
and walking toward her house
9in the twilight,
in the evening,
in the dark hours of the night.
10A woman with an ulterior motive meets him.
She is dressed as a prostitute.
11She is loud and rebellious.
Her feet will not stay at home.
12One moment she is out on the street,
the next she is at the curb,
on the prowl at every corner.
13She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him,
14“I have some sacrificial meat.
Today I kept my vows.
15That’s why I came to meet you.
Eagerly, I looked for you,
and I’ve found you.
16I’ve made my bed,
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
17I’ve sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.
Let’s enjoy making love,
19because my husband’s not home.
He has gone on a long trip.
20He took lots of money with him.
He won’t be home for a couple of weeks.”
21With all her seductive charms, she persuades him.
With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
22He immediately follows her
like a steer on its way to be slaughtered,
like a ram hobbling into captivity
23until an arrow pierces his heart,
like a bird darting into a trap.
He does not realize that it will cost him his life.
24Now, sons,
listen to me.
Pay attention to the words from my mouth.
25Do not let your heart be turned to her ways.
Do not wander onto her paths,
26because she has brought down many victims,
and she has killed all too many.
27Her home is the way to hell
and leads to the darkest vaults of death.
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