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7:1  My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.
7:2  Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.
7:3  Strap them to your fingers and engrave them on the tablet of your heart.
7:4  Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,
7:5  so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.
7:6  For from a window in my house I peered through the lattice work,
7:7  and I noticed among the na�ve— that is, I discerned among the youths— a senseless young man.
7:8  Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house
7:9  at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night.
7:10  Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.
7:11  She is brazen and defiant— her feet don't remain at home.
7:12  Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.
7:13  So she grabs hold of him and kisses him, with a brazen face she speaks to him,
7:14  "I have given my peace offerings, and today I fulfilled my vows.
7:15  Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!
7:16  I've decorated my bed with new coverings— embroidered linen from Egypt.
7:17  I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18  Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,
7:19  because my husband isn't home. He left on a long trip.
7:20  He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."
7:21  She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
7:22  All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap
7:23  until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
7:24  So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.
7:25  Don't be led astray by her lifestyle, and don't imitate her behavior.
7:26  For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.
7:27  Her house leads to Sheol, descending to death's catacombs.