Proverbs 7
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1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.1My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.2keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.5to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,6For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,7and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,8passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:9in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.10And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:11She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)12now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,13She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.14“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.15so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.16I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.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.18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.20he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.21With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;22All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.23till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.24And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.26for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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