Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee.
2 Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil 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, on the tablet of thy heart;
Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
5 That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
6 For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
7 And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
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, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
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 midst of the night, and the gloom;
In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke.
10 And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
11 Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
12 Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
14 Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes.
15 For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently 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 Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled 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 endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.
19 For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off.
20 A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.
He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.
22 Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a 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 Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.
24 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth;
Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
26 For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
