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58 lines
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# Chapter 7
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1 My son, keep my words,
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And treasure my commands within you.
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2 Keep my commands and live,
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And my law as the apple of your eye.
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3 Bind them on your fingers;
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Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
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And call understanding your nearest kin,
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5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
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From the seductress who flatters with her words.
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6 For at the window of my house
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I looked through my lattice,
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7 And saw among the simple,
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I perceived among the youths,
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A young man devoid of understanding,
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8 Passing along the street near her corner;
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And he took the path to her house
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9 In the twilight, in the evening,
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In the black and dark night.
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10 And there a woman met him,
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With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
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11 She was loud and rebellious,
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Her feet would not stay at home.
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12 At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
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Lurking at every corner.
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13 So she caught him and kissed him;
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With an impudent face she said to him:
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14 “I have peace offerings with me;
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Today I have paid my vows.
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15 So I came out to meet you,
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Diligently to seek your face,
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And I have found you.
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16 I have spread my bed with tapestry,
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Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
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17 I have perfumed my bed
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With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
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Let us delight ourselves with love.
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19 For my husband is not at home;
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He has gone on a long journey;
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20 He has taken a bag of money with him,
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And will come home on the appointed day.”
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21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
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With her flattering lips she seduced him.
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22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
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Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
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23 Till an arrow struck his liver.
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As a bird hastens to the snare,
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He did not know it would cost his life.
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24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
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Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
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25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
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Do not stray into her paths;
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26 For she has cast down many wounded,
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And all who were slain by her were strong men.
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27 Her house is the way to hell,
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Descending to the chambers of death. |