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<!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 ISV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/proverbs/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">On Avoiding the Immoral Woman</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, guard what I say</p> <p class="poetry2">and treasure my commands.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Keep my commands and you’ll live.</p> <p class="poetry2">Guard<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:2 The Heb. lacks Guard">a</a></span> my teaching as you do your eyesight.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Strap them to your fingers</p> <p class="poetry2">and engrave them on the tablet of your heart.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Say to wisdom, “You’re my sister!”</p> <p class="poetry2">and call understanding your close relative,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>so they can keep you from an adulterous woman,</p> <p class="poetry2">from the immoral woman with her seductive words.</p> <p class="heading">A Father’s Warning</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For from a window in my house</p> <p class="poetry2">I peered through the lattice work,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and I noticed among the naïve—</p> <p class="poetry2">that is, I discerned among the youths—</p> <p class="poetry2">a senseless young man.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Proceeding down the street near her corner,</p> <p class="poetry2">he makes his way toward her house</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>at twilight, during the evening,</p> <p class="poetry2">even during the darkest part of the night.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Look! A woman makes her way to meet him,</p> <p class="poetry2">dressed as a prostitute</p> <p class="poetry2">and intending to entrap him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>She is brazen and defiant—</p> <p class="poetry2">her feet don’t remain at home.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now she is in the street, now in the plazas,</p> <p class="poetry2">she lurks near every corner.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So she grabs hold of him and kisses him,</p> <p class="poetry2">with a brazen face she speaks to him,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“I have given<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:14 The Heb. lacks given">b</a></span> my peace offerings,</p> <p class="poetry2">and today I fulfilled my vows.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore, I’ve come out to meet you,</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ve looked just for you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I found you!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I’ve decorated my bed with new coverings—</p> <p class="poetry2">embroidered linen from Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry1"><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="poetry2">with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Come, let’s make love until dawn;</p> <p class="poetry2">let’s comfort ourselves with love,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>because my husband isn’t home.</p> <p class="poetry2">He left on a long trip.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He took a fist full of cash</p> <p class="poetry2">and he’ll return home in a month.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She leads him astray with great persuasion;</p> <p class="poetry2">with flattering lips she seduces him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All of a sudden he follows her</p> <p class="poetry2">like an ox fit for slaughter</p> <p class="poetry2">or like a fool fit for a trap<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:22 So MT; LXX reads a dog fit for chains">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>until an arrow pierces his liver.</p> <p class="poetry2">As a bird darts into a snare,</p> <p class="poetry2">he doesn’t realize his fatal decision.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:23 Lit. realize it is his life">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><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="poetry2">and pay attention to what I have to say.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Don’t be led astray by her lifestyle,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:25 Lit. ways">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and don’t imitate her behavior.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:25 Lit. paths">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For many are the victims whom she has conquered,</p> <p class="poetry2">and many are her slain.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Her house leads to Sheol,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="7:27 i.e. the realm of the dead">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">descending to death’s catacombs.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 7:2 The Heb. lacks <i>Guard</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 7:14 The Heb. lacks <i>given</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 7:22 So MT; 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