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<p class="indent2"> guard my teachings as the apple<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of your eye. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tie them to your fingers; <p class="indent2"> write them on the tablet of your heart. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” <p class="indent2"> and call understanding your kinsman, <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>that they may keep you from the adulteress, <p class="indent2"> from the stranger with seductive words. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For at the window of my house <p class="indent2"> I looked through the lattice. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I saw among the simple, <p class="indent2"> I noticed among the youths, <p class="indent2"> a young man lacking judgment, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>crossing the street near her corner, <p class="indent2"> strolling down the road to her house, <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>at twilight, as the day was fading <p class="indent2"> into the dark of the night. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then a woman came out to meet him, <p class="indent2"> with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>She is loud and defiant; <p class="indent2"> her feet do not remain at home. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now in the street, now in the squares, <p class="indent2"> she lurks at every corner. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>She seizes him and kisses him; <p class="indent2"> she brazenly says to him: <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“I have made my peace offerings; <p class="indent2"> today I have paid my vows. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I came out to meet you; <p class="indent2"> I sought you, and I have found you. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have decked my bed with coverings, <p class="indent2"> with colored linen from Egypt. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, <p class="indent2"> with aloes, and with cinnamon. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. <p class="indent2"> Let us delight in loving caresses! <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For my husband is not at home; <p class="indent2"> he has gone on a long journey. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He took with him a bag of money <p class="indent2"> and will not return till the moon is full.” <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>With her great persuasion she entices him; <p class="indent2"> with her flattering lips she lures him. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He follows her on impulse, <p class="indent2"> like an ox going to the slaughter, <p class="indent2"> like a deer bounding into a trap,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>until an arrow pierces his liver, <p class="indent2"> like a bird darting into a snare—<p class="indent2"> not knowing it will cost him his life. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now, my sons, listen to me, <p class="indent2"> and attend to the words of my mouth. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; <p class="indent2"> do not stray into her paths. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For she has brought many down to death; <p class="indent2"> her slain are many in number. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Her house is the road to Sheol, <p class="indent2"> descending to the chambers of death.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>the pupil</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Probable reading (see LXX, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew <i>like fetters to discipline a fool</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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