Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
2 Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
7 And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
11 She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
14 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
16 I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
19 For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
20 He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,
23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
24 Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
