Pro 7 | ABEn | STEP | O son, keep my words, and my commandments hide for yourself!

Proverbs 7

CHAPTER 7

1 O son, keep my words, and my commandments hide for yourself! 2 O son, esteem the lord! and you shall strengthen; and besides him, do not fear another! Keep my commandments! and you shall spend life; and my words as if the pupil of your eyes. 3 Put them on your fingers, and inscribe them upon the width of your heart! 4 Speak wisdom [²your ³sister ¹to be]; and [³intelligence ⁴as an acquaintance ¹procure ²to yourself]! 5 that she should keep you from [⁴woman ¹the strange ²and ³wicked], if [²words for you ³for ⁴favor ¹she should put]. 6 For from the window of her house [²into ³the ⁴squares ¹she leans] 7 at whom ever she should behold of the foolish offspring -- a young man lacking of sense, 8 passing by the corner in the corridors of her houses, speaking 9 in darkness during the evening, when ever all is at rest nightly, or also at dimness. 10 And the woman meets with him [²the appearance ¹having] of a harlot, which makes [²of young men ³to flutter ¹the heart]. 11 [³inciting ¹And ²she is] and carnal, [⁵in ⁶her house ¹and ³do not ⁴stay still ²her feet]. 12 [³time ¹For ²at certain ⁵outside ⁴she strays], and another time [²in ³the squares ⁴by ⁵every ⁶corner ¹she lies in wait]. 13 Then, taking hold, she fondles him; and with impudent face she says to him, 14 [³sacrifice ²a peace ⁴with me ¹There is], today I render my vows. 15 Because of this I come forth for meeting you; feeling the absence of your face I have found you. 16 In trimming, I have stretched my bed. [²spreads ¹I spread] from Egypt. 17 I have sprinkled my bed with saffron, and my house with cinnamon. 18 Come! for we should enjoy friendship until dawn. Come, for we should wrap up in passion. 19 [³is not ¹For ⁴at hand ²my husband] in the house; he has gone [²way ¹a long], 20 [²a bundle ³of silver ¹taking] in his hands; for only after [²days ¹many] will he come back again to his house. 21 [²she led ⁴astray ¹And ³him] with much companionship, [²with nooses ¹and also]. By the things from her lips she led him aground. 22 And he followed after her, being easily led on, and as an ox [²unto ³slaughter ¹is led], and as a dog to bonds, and as a stag shot with a bow, 23 striking into the liver; and he hastens as a fowl into a snare, not seeing that [²for ³his life ¹he runs]. 24 Now then, O son, hear me, and take heed to the sayings of my mouth! 25 Do not turn aside to her ways with your heart! and you should not be misled by her short-cuts. 26 [³many ¹For ⁴in piercing ²she has thrown down], and innumerable are whom she has murdered. 27 [²is the ways ³of Hades ¹Her house]; they lead down into the storerooms of death.