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# Chapter 7
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1 My son, obey my words,
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and treasure my commands.
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2 Keep my commands and live,
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and guard my instructions
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as you would the pupil of your eye.
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3 Tie them to 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 relative.
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5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
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a wayward woman with her flattering talk.
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6 At the window of my house
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I looked through my lattice.
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7 I saw among the inexperienced,
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I noticed among the youths,
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a young man lacking sense.
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8 Crossing the street near her corner,
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he strolled down the road to her house
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9 at twilight, in the evening,
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in the dark of the night.
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10 A woman came to meet him
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dressed like a prostitute,
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having a hidden agenda.
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11 She is loud and defiant;
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her feet do not stay at home.
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12 Now in the street, now in the squares,
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she lurks at every corner.
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13 She grabs him and kisses him;
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she brazenly says to him,
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14 “I’ve made fellowship offerings;
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today I’ve fulfilled my vows.
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15 So I came out to meet you,
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to search for you, and I’ve found you.
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16 I’ve spread coverings on my bed—
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richly colored linen from Egypt.
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17 I’ve perfumed my bed
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with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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18 Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
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Let’s feast on each other’s love!
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19 My husband isn’t home;
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he went on a long journey.
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20 He took a bag of silver with him
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and will come home at the time of the full moon.”
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21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
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she lures with her flattering talk.
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22 He follows her impulsively
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like an ox going to the slaughter,
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like a deer bounding toward a trap
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23 until an arrow pierces its liver,
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like a bird darting into a snare—
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he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
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24 Now, sons, listen to me,
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and pay attention to the words from my mouth.
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25 Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
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don’t stray onto her paths.
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26 For she has brought many down to death;
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her victims are countless.
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27 Her house is the road to Sheol,
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descending to the chambers of death. |