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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7and I saw among the naive--I discerned among the youths--a young man who lacked wisdom. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home-- |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways--do not wander into her pathways; |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death. |
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