Proverbs 7
World English Bible - Proverbs 7 << | >> 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 7:1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. 7:2 Keep my commandments and live; Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. 7:3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. 7:4 Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative, 7:5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. 7:6 For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice. 7:7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, 7:8 Passing through the street near her corner, He went the way to her house, 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 7:10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent. 7:11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don`t stay in her house. 7:12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner. 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: 7:14 "Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. 7:15 Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I have found you. 7:16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 7:18 Come, let`s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let`s solace ourselves with loving. 7:19 For my husband isn`t at home. He has gone on a long journey. 7:20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." 7:21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. 7:22 He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose. 7:23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn`t know that it will cost his life. 7:24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. 7:25 Don`t let your heart turn to her ways. Don`t go astray in her paths, 7:26 For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host. 7:27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.