7:1 My son, guard what I say. Keep my commands with you.
7:2 Obey my commands so that you may live. Protect my teachings like the pupil of your eye.
7:3 Tie them to your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
7:4 Say to Wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call Understanding your relative.
7:5 She will keep you safe from an immoral woman, from an unfaithful woman and her seductive words.
7:6 At a window of my house, I looked out through the lattice.
7:7 I was watching the gullible people. Among the young men I noticed a youth without sense.
7:8 He was crossing the street near her corner, strolling along the road to her house,
7:9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, when the darkness of the night was coming.
7:10 Suddenly a woman meets him. She is dressed like a prostitute with a scheming heart!
7:11 She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay home.
7:12 One moment she is in the street. The next moment she is in the public square. She is on the prowl near every corner.
7:13 She grabs him and kisses him. With a brazen face she says,
7:14 “I have food from fellowship offerings. Today I fulfilled my vows.
7:15 That is why I came out to meet you. I came eagerly to seek you, and now I have found you!
7:16 I have covered my couch with a bedspread, with colored cloth made of Egyptian yarn.
7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18 Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning. Let’s enjoy making love.
7:19 Look, my husband isn’t home. He has gone on a long trip.
7:20 He took a bag of silver with him. He will not come home till the next full moon.”
7:21 She deceives him with enticing words. With smooth lips she seduces him.
7:22 He follows right after her, like a steer going to slaughter, like a deer prancing into a noose,
7:23 until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize this will cost him his life.
7:24 Now, you sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words from my mouth.
7:25 Do not let your heart turn in her direction. Do not wander on her pathways,
7:26 because she has brought down many victims. Those she has killed are countless.
7:27 Her house is on the road to the grave. It goes down to the chambers of death.
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