1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.studyinterlinear
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.studyinterlinear
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.studyinterlinear
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:studyinterlinear
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.studyinterlinear
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,studyinterlinear
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,studyinterlinear
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,studyinterlinear
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:studyinterlinear
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.studyinterlinear
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:studyinterlinear
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)studyinterlinear
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,studyinterlinear
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.studyinterlinear
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.studyinterlinear
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.studyinterlinear
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.studyinterlinear
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.studyinterlinear
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:studyinterlinear
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.studyinterlinear
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.studyinterlinear
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;studyinterlinear
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.studyinterlinear
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.studyinterlinear
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.studyinterlinear
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.studyinterlinear
27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.studyinterlinear