Proverbs 7:1
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Proverbs 7:3
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 7:6
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Proverbs 7:8
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
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at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
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Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Proverbs 7:11
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
Proverbs 7:12
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Proverbs 7:13
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
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“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 7:15
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
Proverbs 7:19
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
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He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
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With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 7:22
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
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until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:24
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
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For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.