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Proverbs
Chapter
07
1
My son, keep my words,
and
lay up my commandments with you.
2
Keep my commandments, and live . . .
and
my law as the pupil of your eye.
3
Bind them upon your fingers,
write
them upon the table of your heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, "You are my sister."
And call understanding your kinswoman.
5
That they may keep you from the strange woman,
from
the stranger who flatters with her words.
6-9
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7
and
beheld among the simple ones,
I
discerned among the youths . . .
a
young man void of understanding, 8
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.
10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,
and
guarded of heart.
11
(She is loud and stubborn . . .
her
feet abide not in her house: 12
now
is she without . . .
now
in the streets . . .
and
lies in wait at every corner.)
13-14
So 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.
15
Therefore came I forth to meet you,
diligently
to seek your face,
and
I have found you.
16
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry . . .
with
carved works . . .
with
fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning . . .
let
us solace ourselves with loves.
19
For the 'good man'/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.
21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield . . .
with
the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22
He goes after her straightway . . .
as
an ox goes to the slaughter . . .
or
as a fool to the correction of the stocks.
23
Till a dart strike through his liver . . .
as
a bird rushes to the snare . . .
and
knows not that it is for his life.
24
Listen to me now therefore,
O
you children,
and
attend to the words of my mouth.
25
Let not your heart decline to her ways . . .
go
not astray in her paths.
26
For she has cast down many wounded . . .
yes,
many strong men have been slain by her.
27
Her house is the way to Sheol/hades . . .
going
down to the chambers of death.
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