Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the table of your heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an shameless face said unto him,
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
15 Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O all of you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
26 For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
