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Proverbs 7:3
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Proverbs 7 Verses
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My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. |
2
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Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. |
3
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Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. |
4
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, |
5
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so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words. |
6
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For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out |
7
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and I saw among the naive— I discerned among the youths— a young man who lacked wisdom. |
8
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He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house |
9
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in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. |
10
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Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. |
11
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(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home— |
12
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at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) |
13
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So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, |
14
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"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! |
15
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That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! |
16
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I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. |
17
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
18
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Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse. |
19
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For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. |
20
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He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." |
21
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She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. |
22
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Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare |
23
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till an arrow pierces his liver— like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. |
24
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So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. |
25
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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways— do not wander into her pathways; |
26
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for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. |
27
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Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death. |