Proverbs 7 : 1 (LXXEN)
My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. My son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
Proverbs 7 : 2 (LXXEN)
keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and keep my words as the pupils of thine eyes.
Proverbs 7 : 3 (LXXEN)
And bind them on thy fingers, and write them on the table of thine heart.
Proverbs 7 : 4 (LXXEN)
Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
Proverbs 7 : 5 (LXXEN)
that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.
Proverbs 7 : 6 (LXXEN)
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 7 : 7 (LXXEN)
passing by the corner in the passages *Gr. of near her house,
Proverbs 7 : 8 (LXXEN)
and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
Proverbs 7 : 9 (LXXEN)
when there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness:
Proverbs 7 : 10 (LXXEN)
and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
Proverbs 7 : 11 (LXXEN)
And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
Proverbs 7 : 12 (LXXEN)
For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
Proverbs 7 : 13 (LXXEN)
Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
Proverbs 7 : 14 (LXXEN)
I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
Proverbs 7 : 15 (LXXEN)
therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; and I have found thee.
Proverbs 7 : 16 (LXXEN)
I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
Proverbs 7 : 17 (LXXEN)
I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
Proverbs 7 : 18 (LXXEN)
Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
Proverbs 7 : 19 (LXXEN)
For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
Proverbs 7 : 20 (LXXEN)
having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
Proverbs 7 : 21 (LXXEN)
So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path.
Proverbs 7 : 22 (LXXEN)
And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
Proverbs 7 : 23 (LXXEN)
and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.
Proverbs 7 : 24 (LXXEN)
Now then, my son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7 : 25 (LXXEN)
Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways: [Alex. +’and stray not in her paths’]
Proverbs 7 : 26 (LXXEN)
for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
Proverbs 7 : 27 (LXXEN)
Her house is the *Gr. ways way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
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