Proverbs 7

1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.● 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.● 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.● 4Say unto wisdom, Thou {art} my sister; and call understanding {thy} kinswoman:● 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.● 6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,● 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}● 8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,● 9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}● 10And, behold, there met him a woman {with} the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.● 11(She {is} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:● 12Now {is she} without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)● 13So she caught him, and kissed him, {and} with an impudent face said unto him, {with...: Heb. she strengthened her face and said}● 14{I have} peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. {I have...: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me}● 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.● 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved {works}, with fine linen of Egypt.● 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.● 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.● 19For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey:● 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, {and} will come home at the day appointed. {with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}● 21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.● 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}● 23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.● 24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.● 25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.● 26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong {men} have been slain by her.● 27Her house {is} the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.●