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7:1  My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.
7:2  Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
7:3  Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.
7:4  Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend,
7:5  So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
7:6  For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
7:7  And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
7:8  Passing through the street near her corner; And he walks along the way to her house,
7:9  In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and the darkness.
7:10  And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.
7:11  She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;
7:12  She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.
7:13  So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him:
7:14  “I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.
7:15  Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.
7:16  I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.
7:17  I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18  Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning; Let’s delight ourselves with caresses.
7:19  For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey.
7:20  He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home.”
7:21  With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
7:22  Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,
7:23  Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hurries to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
7:24  Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
7:25  Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.
7:26  For many are the victims she has brought to ruin, And numerous are all those slaughtered by her.
7:27  Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.