20_PRO_07_01 my son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
20_PRO_07_02 keep my commandments, And live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
20_PRO_07_03 bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
20_PRO_07_04 say unto wisdom, thou [ art] my sister; And call understanding [ thy] kinswoman:
20_PRO_07_05 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [ which] flattereth with her words.
20_PRO_07_06 for at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
20_PRO_07_07 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
20_PRO_07_08 passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
20_PRO_07_09 in the twilight, in the evening, in the black And dark night:
20_PRO_07_10 And, behold, there met him A woman [ with] the attire of an harlot, And subtle of heart.
20_PRO_07_11 [ she [ Is] loud And stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
20_PRO_07_12 now [ Is she] without, now in the streets, And lieth in wait at every corner .]
20_PRO_07_13 So she caught him, And kissed him, [ And] with an impudent face said unto him,
20_PRO_07_14 [ I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
20_PRO_07_15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
20_PRO_07_16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [ works], with fine linen of Egypt.
20_PRO_07_17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, And cinnamon.
20_PRO_07_18 come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
20_PRO_07_19 for the goodman [ Is] not at home, he Is gone A long journey:
20_PRO_07_20 he hath taken A bag of money with him, [ And] will come home at the day appointed.
20_PRO_07_21 with her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
20_PRO_07_22 he goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as A fool to the correction of the stocks;
20_PRO_07_23 till A dart strike through his liver; as A bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it [ Is] for his life.
20_PRO_07_24 hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, And attend to the words of my mouth.
20_PRO_07_25 let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
20_PRO_07_26 for she hath cast down Many wounded: yea, Many strong [ men] have been slain by her.
20_PRO_07_27 her house [ Is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.