Proverbs 7 NKJV

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the apple of your eye.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Bind them on your fingers;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-3">Write them on the tablet of your heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Say to wisdom, “You <i>are</i> my sister,”</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-4">And call understanding <i>your</i> nearest kin,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That they may keep you from the immoral woman,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-5">From the seductress <i>who</i> flatters with her words.</span></p></div> <h3> The Crafty Harlot</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-7-6"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For at the window of my house</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-6">I looked through my lattice,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And saw among the simple,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-7">I perceived among the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>youths,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-7">A young man devoid<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span> of understanding,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Passing along the street near her corner;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-8">And he took the path to her house</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In the twilight, in the evening,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-9">In the black and dark night.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And there a woman met him,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-10"><i>With</i> the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>She <i>was</i> loud and rebellious,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-11">Her feet would not stay at home.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>At times <i>she was</i> outside, at times in the open square,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-12">Lurking at every corner.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So she caught him and kissed him;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-13">With an <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>impudent face she said to him:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“<i>I have</i> peace offerings with me;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-14">Today I have paid my vows.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So I came out to meet you,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-15">Diligently to seek your face,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-15">And I have found you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I have spread my bed with tapestry,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-16">Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I have perfumed my bed</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-17">With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-18">Let us delight ourselves with love.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>my husband <i>is</i> not at home;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-19">He has gone on a long journey;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He has taken a bag of money <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>with him,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-20"><i>And</i> will come home <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>on the appointed day.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-21">With her flattering lips she <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>seduced him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-22">Or <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>as a fool to the correction of the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>stocks,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Till an arrow struck his liver.</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-23">As a bird hastens to the snare,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-23">He did not know it <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span><i>would cost</i> his life.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now therefore, listen to me, <i>my</i> children;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-24">Pay attention to the words of my mouth:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-25">Do not stray into her paths;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For she has cast down many wounded,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-26">And all who were slain by her were strong <i>men.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Her house <i>is</i> the way to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span>hell,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-7-27">Descending to the chambers of death.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-16583a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:7">Proverbs 7:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>sons</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16583b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:7">Proverbs 7:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>lacking</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16589c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:13">Proverbs 7:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shameless</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16595d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:19">Proverbs 7:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>the man</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16596e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:20">Proverbs 7:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>in his hand</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16596f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:20">Proverbs 7:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>at the full moon</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16597g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:21">Proverbs 7:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>By the greatness of her words</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16597h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:21">Proverbs 7:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>compelled</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16598i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:22">Proverbs 7:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Syr., Tg. <i>as a dog to bonds;</i> Vg. <i>as a lamb . . . to bonds</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16598j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:22">Proverbs 7:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shackles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16599k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:23">Proverbs 7:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>is for</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16603l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 7:27">Proverbs 7:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Sheol</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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