Proverbs 7
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1My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. 1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words. 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out 6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7and I saw among the naive--I discerned among the youths--a young man who lacked wisdom. 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house 8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. 9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. 10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home--11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) 12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, 13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! 14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. 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. 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse. 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. 19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. 21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23till an arrow pierces his liver--like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. 23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. 24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways--do not wander into her pathways; 25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. 26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death. 27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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