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