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7:1  My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do.
7:2  Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes.
7:3  Keep my teaching with you all the time; write it on your heart.
7:4  Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.
7:5  They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words.
7:6  Once I was looking out the window of my house,
7:7  and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular.
7:8  He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. He was passing near her house
7:9  in the evening after it was dark.
7:10  And then she met him; she was dressed like a prostitute and was making plans.
7:11  She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets
7:12  or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace.
7:13  She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,
7:14  “I made my offerings today and have the meat from the sacrifices.
7:15  So I came out looking for you. I wanted to find you, and here you are!
7:16  I've covered my bed with sheets of colored linen from Egypt.
7:17  I've perfumed it with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18  Come on! Let's make love all night long. We'll be happy in each other's arms.
7:19  My husband isn't at home. He's on a long trip.
7:20  He took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks.”
7:21  So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.
7:22  Suddenly he was going with her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap
7:23  where an arrow would pierce its heart. He was like a bird going into a net—he did not know that his life was in danger.
7:24  Now then, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say.
7:25  Do not let such a woman win your heart; don't go wandering after her.
7:26  She has been the ruin of many men and caused the death of too many to count.
7:27  If you go to her house, you are on the way to the world of the dead. It is a shortcut to death.