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7:1  My son, remember my words. Don’t forget what I have told you.
7:2  Consider my teaching as precious as your own eyes. Obey my commands, and you will have a good life.
7:3  Tie them around your finger. Write them on your heart.
7:4  Treat wisdom like the woman you love and knowledge like the one dearest to you.
7:5  Wisdom will save you from that other woman, the other man’s wife, who tempts you with such sweet words.
7:6  One day I was looking out my window
7:7  at some foolish teenagers and noticed one who had no sense at all.
7:8  He was walking through the marketplace and came to the corner where a certain woman lived. He then turned up the road that goes by her house.
7:9  The day was ending. The sun had set, and it was almost dark.
7:10  Suddenly, there she was in front of him, dressed like a prostitute. She had plans for him.
7:11  She was a wild and rebellious woman who would not stay at home.
7:12  She walked the streets, always looking for someone to trap.
7:13  She grabbed the young man and kissed him. Without shame, she looked him in the eye and said,
7:14  “I offered a fellowship offering today. I gave what I promised to give,
7:15  and I still have plenty of food left. So I came out to find you, and here you are!
7:16  I have clean sheets on my bed—special ones from Egypt.
7:17  My bed smells wonderful with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18  Come, let’s enjoy ourselves all night. We can make love until dawn.
7:19  My husband has gone on a business trip.
7:20  He took enough money for a long trip and won’t be home for two weeks.”
7:21  This is what the woman said to tempt the young man, and her smooth words tricked him.
7:22  He followed her, like a bull being led to the slaughter. He was like a deer walking into a trap,
7:23  where a hunter waits to shoot an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net, never seeing the danger he was in.
7:24  Now, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say.
7:25  Don’t let your heart lead you to an evil woman like that. Don’t go where she wants to lead you.
7:26  She has brought down some of the most powerful men; she has left many dead bodies in her path.
7:27  Her house is the place of death. The road to it leads straight to the grave.