7Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions.H1121H8104H561H6845H46872Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it!H8104H4687H2421H8451H380H58693Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart.H7194H676H3789H3871H38204Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion.H559H2451H269H7121H998H41295They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress— that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.H8104H2114H802H5237H2505H5616As I stood at the window of my house looking out through the shutters,H2474H1004H8259H8227Watching the mindless crowd stroll by, I spotted a young man without any senseH7200H6612H995H1121H5288H2638H38208Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived, then turning up the path to her house.H5674H7784H681H6434H6805H1870H10049It was dusk, the evening coming on, the darkness thickening into night.H5399H3117H6153H380H653H391510Just then, a woman met him— she'd been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him.H7125H802H7897H2181H5341H382011Brazen and brash she was, restless and roaming, never at home,H1993H5637H7272H7931H100412Walking the streets, loitering in the mall, hanging out at every corner in town.H6471H2351H6471H7339H693H681H643813She threw her arms around him and kissed him, boldly took his arm and said,H2388H5401H5810H6440H55914"I've got all the makings for a feast— today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid,H8002H2077H3117H7999H508815So now I've come to find you, hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are!H3318H7125H7836H6440H467216I've spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed, colorful imported linens.H7234H6210H4765H2405H330H471417My bed is aromatic with spices and exotic fragrances.H5130H4904H4753H174H707618Come, let's make love all night, spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking!H3212H7301H1730H1242H5965H15919My husband's not home; he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month."H376H1004H1980H7350H187020(SEE 7:19)H3947H6872H3701H3027H935H1004H3117H367721Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech.H7230H3948H5186H2506H8193H508022Before you know it, he's trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambushH1980H310H6597H7794H935H2874H191H4148H591423and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over.H2671H6398H3516H6833H4116H6341H3045H531524So, friends, listen to me, take these words of mine most seriously.H8085H1121H7181H561H631025Don't fool around with a woman like that; don't even stroll through her neighborhood.H3820H7847H1870H8582H541026Countless victims come under her spell; she's the death of many a poor man.H5307H7227H2491H6099H202627She runs a halfway house to hell, fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.H1004H1870H7585H3381H2315H4194