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href="../proverbs/6.htm" title="Proverbs 6">◄</a> Proverbs 7 <a href="../proverbs/8.htm" title="Proverbs 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/proverbs/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Another Warning about Immoral Women</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Follow my advice, my son;</p><p class="line2">always treasure my commands.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Obey my commands and live!</p><p class="line2">Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.</p><p class="line2">Write them deep within your heart.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Love wisdom like a sister;</p><p class="line2">make insight a beloved member of your family.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,</p><p class="line2">from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>While I was at the window of my house,</p><p class="line2">looking through the curtain,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I saw some naive young men,</p><p class="line2">and one in particular who lacked common sense.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,</p><p class="line2">strolling down the path by her house.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It was at twilight, in the evening,</p><p class="line2">as deep darkness fell.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The woman approached him,</p><p class="line2">seductively dressed and sly of heart.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>She was the brash, rebellious type,</p><p class="line2">never content to stay at home.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>She is often in the streets and markets,</p><p class="line2">soliciting at every corner.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>She threw her arms around him and kissed him,</p><p class="line2">and with a brazen look she said,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“I’ve just made my peace offerings</p><p class="line2">and fulfilled my vows.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You’re the one I was looking for!</p><p class="line2">I came out to find you, and here you are!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,</p><p class="line2">with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I’ve perfumed my bed</p><p class="line2">with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.</p><p class="line2">Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>for my husband is not home.</p><p class="line2">He’s away on a long trip.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He has taken a wallet full of money with him</p><p class="line2">and won’t return until later this month.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So she seduced him with her pretty speech</p><p class="line2">and enticed him with her flattery.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He followed her at once,</p><p class="line2">like an ox going to the slaughter.</p><p class="line1">He was like a stag caught in a trap,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="line2"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.</p><p class="line1">He was like a bird flying into a snare,</p><p class="line2">little knowing it would cost him his life.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So listen to me, my sons,</p><p class="line2">and pay attention to my words.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her.</p><p class="line2">Don’t wander down her wayward path.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For she has been the ruin of many;</p><p class="line2">many men have been her victims.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Her house is the road to the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line2">Her bedroom is the den of death.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">as the pupil of your eye.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:20 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">until the moon is full.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:22 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">slaughter, as shackles are for the discipline of a fool.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">7:27 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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