Proverbs 7
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Prov 7:1
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My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
Prov 7:2
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Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Prov 7:3
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Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Prov 7:4
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding {your} intimate friend;
Prov 7:5
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That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Prov 7:6
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For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
Prov 7:7
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And I saw among the naive, {And} discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
Prov 7:8
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Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house,
Prov 7:9
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In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and {in} the darkness.
Prov 7:10
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And behold, a woman {comes} to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
Prov 7:11
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She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;
Prov 7:12
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{She is} now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.
Prov 7:13
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So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him:
Prov 7:14
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"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.
Prov 7:15
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"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
Prov 7:16
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"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.
Prov 7:17
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"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
Prov 7:18
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"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
Prov 7:19
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"For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey;
Prov 7:20
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He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home."
Prov 7:21
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With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
Prov 7:22
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Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as {one in} fetters to the discipline of a fool,
Prov 7:23
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Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it {will cost him} his life.
Prov 7:24
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Now therefore, {my} sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Prov 7:25
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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.
Prov 7:26
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For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain.
Prov 7:27
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Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.
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