Proverbs 7 : 1 (NLV)
My son, keep my words, and hold together my teachings within you.
Proverbs 7 : 2 (NLV)
Keep my words and live. Keep my teachings as you would your own eye.
Proverbs 7 : 3 (NLV)
Tie them upon your fingers. Write them upon your heart.
Proverbs 7 : 4 (NLV)
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your special friend.
Proverbs 7 : 5 (NLV)
They will keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger with her smooth words.
Proverbs 7 : 6 (NLV)
For I looked out through the wood-work at the window of my house.
Proverbs 7 : 7 (NLV)
And I saw among the childlike and among the young people a young man without wisdom and understanding.
Proverbs 7 : 8 (NLV)
He passed through the street near her corner and took the path to her house,
Proverbs 7 : 9 (NLV)
in the light of the evening, after it was dark.
Proverbs 7 : 10 (NLV)
See, a woman comes to meet him. She is dressed like a woman who sells the use of her body, and with a heart that wants to fool and trap someone.
Proverbs 7 : 11 (NLV)
She is loud and has a strong selfwill. Her feet do not stay at home.
Proverbs 7 : 12 (NLV)
She is now in the street, now in the center of town where people gather. She lies in wait at every corner.
Proverbs 7 : 13 (NLV)
So she catches him and kisses him. With a hard face she says to him,
Proverbs 7 : 14 (NLV)
"It was time for me to give gifts on the altar in worship, and today I have paid what I promised.
Proverbs 7 : 15 (NLV)
So I have come out to meet you, to look for you, and I have found you.
Proverbs 7 : 16 (NLV)
I have spread my bed with coverings of linen cloth from Egypt.
Proverbs 7 : 17 (NLV)
I have perfumed my bed with fine perfumes and spices.
Proverbs 7 : 18 (NLV)
Come, let us take our fill of love until morning. Let us make ourselves happy with love.
Proverbs 7 : 19 (NLV)
For my husband is not at home. He has gone on a long trip.
Proverbs 7 : 20 (NLV)
He has taken a bag of money with him, and he will come home at full moon."
Proverbs 7 : 21 (NLV)
She leads him away with her tempting talk. She tempts him with the smooth words of her lips.
Proverbs 7 : 22 (NLV)
All at once he follows her, like a bull going to be killed, like a wild animal goes into a trap,
Proverbs 7 : 23 (NLV)
until an arrow cuts through him. Like a bird that hurries into the net, he does not know that he will lose his life.
Proverbs 7 : 24 (NLV)
So, my sons, listen to me. Listen to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7 : 25 (NLV)
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways. Do not turn aside into her paths.
Proverbs 7 : 26 (NLV)
For she has hurt many and destroyed many others. She has killed a great number.
Proverbs 7 : 27 (NLV)
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the rooms of death.
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