Proverbs 7

1My son,
keep my words,
and lay up my commandments
with thee.

2Keep my commandments,
and live;
and my law
as the apple
of thine eye.

3Bind them
upon thy fingers,
write them
upon the table
of thine heart.

4Say unto wisdom,
Thou art my sister; and
call understanding
thy kinswoman:

5That they may
keep thee from
the strange woman,
from the stranger
which flattereth
with her words.

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

7And beheld
among the simple ones,
I discerned
among the youths,
a young man
void of understanding,

8Passing
through the street
near her corner; and
he went the way
to her house,

9In the twilight,
in the evening,
in the black and dark night:

10And,
behold,
there met him
a woman
with the attire
of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.

11(She is loud
and stubborn;
her feet abide not
in her house:

12Now
is she without,
now in the streets, and
lieth in wait
at every corner.)

13So
she caught him, and
kissed him, and
with an impudent face
said unto him,

14I
have
peace offerings
with me;
this day
have I payed
my vows.

15Therefore
came I forth
to meet thee,
diligently
to seek thy face,
and I have found
thee.

16I have
decked my bed
with coverings
of tapestry,
with carved works,
with fine linen
of Egypt.

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

18Come,
let us take
our fill of love
until the morning:
let us solace ourselves
with loves.

19For
the goodman
is not at home,
he is gone a long journey:

20He hath taken
a bag of money
with him,
and will come home
at the day appointed.

21With her much
fair speech
she caused him
to yield,
with the flattering
of her lips
she forced him.

22He goeth
after her
straightway,
as an ox goeth
to the slaughter,
or as a fool
to the correction
of the stocks;

23Till a dart
strike through
his liver;
as a bird hasteth
to the snare,
and knoweth not
that it is for
his life.

24Hearken
unto Me
now therefore,
O ye children, and
attend to the words
of my mouth.

25Let not
thine heart
decline to her ways,
go not astray
in her paths.

26For
she hath cast down
many wounded:
yea,
many strong men
have been slain
by her.

27Her house
is the way
to hell,
going down
to the chambers
of death.