Proverbs 7 : 1 (NCV)
My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
Proverbs 7 : 2 (NCV)
Obey my commands, and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.
Proverbs 7 : 3 (NCV)
Remind yourself of them; write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
Proverbs 7 : 4 (NCV)
Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.
Proverbs 7 : 5 (NCV)
Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery, away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
Proverbs 7 : 6 (NCV)
Once while I was at the window of my house I looked out through the shutters
Proverbs 7 : 7 (NCV)
and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
Proverbs 7 : 8 (NCV)
He was walking down the street near the corner on the road leading to her house.
Proverbs 7 : 9 (NCV)
It was the twilight of the evening; the darkness of the night was just beginning.
Proverbs 7 : 10 (NCV)
Then the woman approached him, dressed like a prostitute and planning to trick him.
Proverbs 7 : 11 (NCV)
She was loud and stubborn and never stayed at home.
Proverbs 7 : 12 (NCV)
She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets.
Proverbs 7 : 13 (NCV)
She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him,
Proverbs 7 : 14 (NCV)
"I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises.
Proverbs 7 : 15 (NCV)
So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.
Proverbs 7 : 16 (NCV)
I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt.
Proverbs 7 : 17 (NCV)
I have made my bed smell sweet with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7 : 18 (NCV)
Come, let's make love until morning. Let's enjoy each other's love.
Proverbs 7 : 19 (NCV)
My husband is not home; he has gone on a long trip.
Proverbs 7 : 20 (NCV)
He took a lot of money with him and won't be home for weeks."
Proverbs 7 : 21 (NCV)
By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
Proverbs 7 : 22 (NCV)
All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap
Proverbs 7 : 23 (NCV)
and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn't know what he did would kill him.
Proverbs 7 : 24 (NCV)
Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
Proverbs 7 : 25 (NCV)
Don't let yourself be tricked by such a woman; don't go where she leads you.
Proverbs 7 : 26 (NCV)
She has ruined many good men, and many have died because of her.
Proverbs 7 : 27 (NCV)
Her house is on the road to death, the road that leads down to the grave.
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