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Proverbs 7
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Keep my commandments and live!
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple (note: Literally the pupil) of your eye.
Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
that they may keep you from the strange woman,
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
I saw amongst the simple ones.
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
passing through the street near her corner,
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Therefore I came out to meet you,
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
He has taken a bag of money with him.
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
He followed her immediately,
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap (note: Probable reading (see LXX, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew like fetters to discipline a fool),
Until an arrow strikes through his liver,
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Now therefore, sons, listen to me.
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
for she has thrown down many wounded.
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Her house is the way to Sheol,
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.