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7:1  My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
7:2  Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings 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 to insight, ‘You are my relative.’
7:5  They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
7:6  At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7:7  I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
7:8  He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
7:9  at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
7:10  Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
7:11  (She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
7:12  now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
7:13  She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
7:14  ‘Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
7:15  So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
7:16  I have covered my bed with coloured linens from Egypt.
7:17  I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
7:18  Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
7:19  My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
7:20  He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.’
7:21  With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
7:22  All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
7:23  till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
7:24  Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
7:25  Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
7:26  Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
7:27  Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.