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Proverbs 7

The Wiles of the Harlot

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My son,  akeep my words And treasure my commandments within you.

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 aKeep my commandments and live, And my  1teaching  bas the  2apple of your eye.

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 aBind them on your fingers;  bWrite them on the tablet of your heart.

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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend;

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That they may keep you from an  1adulteress, From the foreigner who  2flatters with her words.

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For  aat the window of my house I looked out  bthrough my lattice,

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And I saw among the  1 anaive, And discerned among the  2youths A young man  blacking  3sense,

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Passing through the street near  aher corner; And he  1takes the way to  bher house,

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In the  atwilight, in the  1evening, In the  2middle of the night and in the darkness.

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And behold, a woman comes to meet him,  aDressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

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She is  aboisterous and rebellious, Her  bfeet do not remain at home;

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She is now in the streets, now  ain the squares, And  blurks by every corner.

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So she seizes him and kisses him  1And with a  abrazen face she says to him:

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1I was due to offer  apeace offerings; Today I have  bpaid my vows.

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"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

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"I have spread my couch with  acoverings, With colored  blinens of Egypt.

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"I have sprinkled my bed With  amyrrh, aloes and  bcinnamon.

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"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

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"For  1my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey;

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He has taken a  abag of money  1with him, At the full moon he will come home."

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With her many persuasions she entices him; With her  1 aflattering lips she seduces him.

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Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as  1one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

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Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a  abird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Now therefore, my sons,  alisten to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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Do not let your heart  aturn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.

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For many are the  1victims she has cast down, And  anumerous are all her slain.

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Her  ahouse is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.



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