# Proverbs 7 (New King James Version)
The Wiles of a Harlot

##### Chapter 7
###### 1 My son, keep my words,  
And treasure my commands within you.  

###### 2 Keep my commands and live,  
And my law as the apple of your eye.  

###### 3 Bind them on your fingers;  
Write them on the tablet of your heart.  

###### 4 Say to wisdom, "You _are_ my sister,"  
And call understanding _your_ nearest kin,  

###### 5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,  
From the seductress _who_ flatters with her words.The Crafty Harlot

###### 6 For at the window of my house  
I looked through my lattice,  

###### 7 And saw among the simple,  
I perceived among the youths,  
A young man devoid of understanding,  

###### 8 Passing along the street near her corner;  
And he took the path to her house  

###### 9 In the twilight, in the evening,  
In the black and dark night.

###### 10 And there a woman met him,  
_With_ the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.  

###### 11 She _was_ loud and rebellious,  
Her feet would not stay at home.  

###### 12 At times _she was_ outside, at times in the open square,  
Lurking at every corner.  

###### 13 So she caught him and kissed him;  
With an impudent face she said to him:  

###### 14 "_I have_ peace offerings with me;  
Today I have paid my vows.  

###### 15 So I came out to meet you,  
Diligently to seek your face,  
And I have found you.  

###### 16 I have spread my bed with tapestry,  
Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.  

###### 17 I have perfumed my bed  
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.  

###### 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;  
Let us delight ourselves with love.  

###### 19 For my husband _is_ not at home;  
He has gone on a long journey;  

###### 20 He has taken a bag of money with him,  
_And_ will come home on the appointed day."

###### 21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,  
With her flattering lips she seduced him.  

###### 22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,  
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,  

###### 23 Till an arrow struck his liver.  
As a bird hastens to the snare,  
He did not know it _would cost_ his life.

###### 24 Now therefore, listen to me, _my_ children;  
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:  

###### 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,  
Do not stray into her paths;  

###### 26 For she has cast down many wounded,  
And all who were slain by her were strong _men._  

###### 27 Her house _is_ the way to hell,  
Descending to the chambers of death.