English Bible Presentation Sharing - Proverbs Book, chapter 7, verse 15 in Esv Version

Proverbs 7 : 1 (ESV)

My son, keep my wordsand treasure up my commandments with you;

Proverbs 7 : 2 (ESV)

keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;

Proverbs 7 : 3 (ESV)

bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7 : 4 (ESV)

Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,

Proverbs 7 : 5 (ESV)

to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Proverbs 7 : 6 (ESV)

For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,

Proverbs 7 : 7 (ESV)

and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,

Proverbs 7 : 8 (ESV)

passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house

Proverbs 7 : 9 (ESV)

in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.

Proverbs 7 : 10 (ESV)

And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.

Proverbs 7 : 11 (ESV)

She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;

Proverbs 7 : 12 (ESV)

now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.

Proverbs 7 : 13 (ESV)

She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,

Proverbs 7 : 14 (ESV)

"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;

Proverbs 7 : 15 (ESV)

so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7 : 16 (ESV)

I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;

Proverbs 7 : 17 (ESV)

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7 : 18 (ESV)

Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.

Proverbs 7 : 19 (ESV)

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;

Proverbs 7 : 20 (ESV)

he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."

Proverbs 7 : 21 (ESV)

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 7 : 22 (ESV)

All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast

Proverbs 7 : 23 (ESV)

till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 7 : 24 (ESV)

And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7 : 25 (ESV)

Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,

Proverbs 7 : 26 (ESV)

for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.

Proverbs 7 : 27 (ESV)

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.