Proverbs 7 : 1 (NET)
My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
Proverbs 7 : 2 (NET)
Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
Proverbs 7 : 3 (NET)
Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7 : 4 (NET)
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,
Proverbs 7 : 5 (NET)
so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
Proverbs 7 : 6 (NET)
For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out
Proverbs 7 : 7 (NET)
and I saw among the naive� I discerned among the youths� a young man who lacked wisdom.
Proverbs 7 : 8 (NET)
He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
Proverbs 7 : 9 (NET)
in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
Proverbs 7 : 10 (NET)
Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
Proverbs 7 : 11 (NET)
(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home�
Proverbs 7 : 12 (NET)
at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
Proverbs 7 : 13 (NET)
So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
Proverbs 7 : 14 (NET)
"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!
Proverbs 7 : 15 (NET)
That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!
Proverbs 7 : 16 (NET)
I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.
Proverbs 7 : 17 (NET)
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7 : 18 (NET)
Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse.
Proverbs 7 : 19 (NET)
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
Proverbs 7 : 20 (NET)
He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month."
Proverbs 7 : 21 (NET)
She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.
Proverbs 7 : 22 (NET)
Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare
Proverbs 7 : 23 (NET)
till an arrow pierces his liver� like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7 : 24 (NET)
So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
Proverbs 7 : 25 (NET)
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways� do not wander into her pathways;
Proverbs 7 : 26 (NET)
for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
Proverbs 7 : 27 (NET)
Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
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