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The Proverbs

Chapter 7

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Pr 7:1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Pr 7:2Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
Pr 7:3Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Pr 7:4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:
Pr 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Pr 7:6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
Pr 7:7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Pr 7:8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
Pr 7:9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
Pr 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
Pr 7:11She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
Pr 7:12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.
Pr 7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:
Pr 7:14Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.
Pr 7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Pr 7:16I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Pr 7:17I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Pr 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.
Pr 7:19For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:
Pr 7:20He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
Pr 7:21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Pr 7:22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
Pr 7:23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Pr 7:24Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Pr 7:25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
Pr 7:26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Pr 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.