Proverbs 7
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1My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;1Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
2keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;2Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.3Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,4Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
5to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.5Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
6For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,6While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain,
7and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,7I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
8passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house8He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by her house.
9in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.9It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell.
10And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.10The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart.
11She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;11She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.
12now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.12She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.
13She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,13She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said,
14“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;14“I’ve just made my peace offerings and fulfilled my vows.
15so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.15You’re the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are!
16I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;16My bed is spread with beautiful blankets, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.17I’ve perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.18Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning. Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;19for my husband is not home. He’s away on a long trip.
20he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”20He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until later this month. ”
21With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.21So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
22All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast22He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap,
23till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.23awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.
24And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.24So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words.
25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,25Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path.
26for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.26For she has been the ruin of many; many men have been her victims.
27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.27Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death.
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