CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 7 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Proverbs 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/proverbs/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Warning Against the Adulterous Woman</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, keep my words</p><p class="line2">and store up my commands within you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Keep my commands and you will live;</p><p class="line2">guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Bind them on your fingers;</p><p class="line2">write them on the tablet of your heart.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”</p><p class="line2">and to insight, “You are my relative.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They will keep you from the adulterous woman,</p><p class="line2">from the wayward woman with her seductive words.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At the window of my house</p><p class="line2">I looked down through the lattice.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I saw among the simple,</p><p class="line2">I noticed among the young men,</p><p class="line2">a youth who had no sense.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He was going down the street near her corner,</p><p class="line2">walking along in the direction of her house</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>at twilight, as the day was fading,</p><p class="line2">as the dark of night set in.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then out came a woman to meet him,</p><p class="line2">dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(She is unruly and defiant,</p><p class="line2">her feet never stay at home;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>now in the street, now in the squares,</p><p class="line2">at every corner she lurks.)</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>She took hold of him and kissed him</p><p class="line2">and with a brazen face she said:</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Today I fulfilled my vows,</p><p class="line2">and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I came out to meet you;</p><p class="line2">I looked for you and have found you!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have covered my bed</p><p class="line2">with colored linens from Egypt.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I have 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 deeply of love till morning;</p><p class="line2">let’s enjoy ourselves with love!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My husband is not at home;</p><p class="line2">he has gone on a long journey.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He took his purse filled with money</p><p class="line2">and will not be home till full moon.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>With persuasive words she led him astray;</p><p class="line2">she seduced him with her smooth talk.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All at once he followed her</p><p class="line2">like an ox going to the slaughter,</p><p class="line1">like a deer <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool">a</a></sup></span> stepping into a noose <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.">b</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>till an arrow pierces his liver,</p><p class="line1">like a bird darting into a snare,</p><p class="line2">little knowing it will cost him his life.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now then, my sons, listen to me;</p><p class="line2">pay attention to what I say.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not let your heart turn to her ways</p><p class="line2">or stray into her paths.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Many are the victims she has brought down;</p><p class="line2">her slain are a mighty throng.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Her house is a highway to the grave,</p><p class="line2">leading down to the chambers of death.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotebot">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew <i>fool</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.</p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/proverbs/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenubib2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>