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7:1  My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
7:2  Obey my commands, and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.
7:3  Remind yourself of them; write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
7:4  Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.
7:5  Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery, away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
7:6  Once while I was at the window of my house I looked out through the shutters
7:7  and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
7:8  He was walking down the street near the corner on the road leading to her house.
7:9  It was the twilight of the evening; the darkness of the night was just beginning.
7:10  Then the woman approached him, dressed like a prostitute and planning to trick him.
7:11  She was loud and stubborn and never stayed at home.
7:12  She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets.
7:13  She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him,
7:14  “I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises.
7:15  So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.
7:16  I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt.
7:17  I have made my bed smell sweet with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18  Come, let’s make love until morning. Let’s enjoy each other’s love.
7:19  My husband is not home; he has gone on a long trip.
7:20  He took a lot of money with him and won’t be home for weeks.”
7:21  By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
7:22  All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap
7:23  and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn’t know what he did would kill him.
7:24  Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
7:25  Don’t let yourself be tricked by such a woman; don’t go where she leads you.
7:26  She has ruined many good men, and many have died because of her.
7:27  Her house is on the road to death, the road that leads down to the grave.