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1
My
son,
keep
my
words,
and lay
up
my
commandments
with thee.
2
Keep
my
commandments,
and
live
; and my
law
as the
apple
of thine
eye.
3
Bind
them upon thy
fingers,
write
them upon the
table
of thine
heart.
4
Say
unto
wisdom,
Thou art my
sister;
and
call
understanding
thy
kinswoman:
5
That they may
keep
thee from the
strange
woman,
from the
stranger
which
flattereth
with her
words.
6
For at the
window
of my
house
I
looked
through my
casement,
7
And
beheld
among the simple
ones,
I
discerned
among the
youths,
[a]
a young
man
void
of
understanding,
8
Passing
through
the
street
near
her
corner;
and he
went
the
way
to her
house,
9
In the
twilight,
in the
evening
*
,
[b]
in the
black
and
dark
night:
10
And, behold, there
met
him a
woman
with the
attire
of an
harlot
, and
subtil
of
heart.
11
(She is
loud
and
stubborn
; her
feet
abide
not in her
house:
12
Now
is she
without,
now
in the
streets,
and lieth in
wait
at
every corner.)
13
So she
caught
him, and
kissed
him, and with an
impudent
face
said
unto him,
14
I have
peace
offerings
with me; this
day
have I
payed
my
vows.
15
Therefore came I
forth
to
meet
thee, diligently to
seek
thy
face,
and I have
found
thee.
16
I have
decked
my
bed
with
coverings
of tapestry, with
carved
works, with fine
linen
of
Egypt.
17
I have
perfumed
my
bed
with
myrrh,
aloes,
and
cinnamon.
18
Come
, let us take our
fill
of
love
until the
morning:
let us
solace
ourselves with
loves.
19
For the
goodman
is not at
home,
he is
gone
a
long
journey:
20
He hath
taken
a
bag
of
money
with
him,
and will
come
home
at the
day
appointed.
21
With her
much
fair
speech
she caused him to
yield
, with the
flattering
of her
lips
she
forced
him.
22
He
goeth
after
her
straightway,
[c]
as an
ox
goeth
to the
slaughter,
or as a
fool
to the
correction
of the
stocks;
23
Till a
dart
strike
through his
liver;
as a
bird
hasteth
to the
snare,
and
knoweth
not that it is for his
life.
24
Hearken
unto me now therefore, O ye
children,
and
attend
to the
words
of my
mouth.
25
Let not thine
heart
decline
to her
ways,
go not
astray
in her
paths.
26
For she hath cast
down
many
wounded:
yea, many
strong
men have been
slain
by her.
27
Her
house
is the
way
to
hell,
going
down
to the
chambers
of
death.
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Footnotes
3
[a].
the youths: Heb. the sons
[b].
in the evening of days
[c].
straightway: Heb. suddenly
Proverbs 7 Commentaries
The Tony Evans Bible Commentary
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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Geneva Study Bible
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
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