7My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;H1121H8104H561H6845H46872keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;H8104H4687H2421H8451H380H58693bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.H7194H676H3789H3871H38204Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,H559H2451H269H7121H998H41295that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.H8104H2114H802H5237H2505H5616For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,H2474H1004H8259H8227and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,H7200H6612H995H1121H5288H2638H38208passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her houseH5674H7784H681H6434H6805H1870H10049in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.H5399H3117H6153H380H653H391510Then a woman comes toward him, decked out like a prostitute, wily of heart.H7125H802H7897H2181H5341H382011She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;H1993H5637H7272H7931H100412now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.H6471H2351H6471H7339H693H681H643813She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:H2388H5401H5810H6440H55914"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;H8002H2077H3117H7999H508815so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!H3318H7125H7836H6440H467216I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;H7234H6210H4765H2405H330H471417I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.H5130H4904H4753H174H707618Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with love.H3212H7301H1730H1242H5965H15919For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.H376H1004H1980H7350H187020He took a bag of money with him; he will not come home until full moon."H3947H6872H3701H3027H935H1004H3117H367721With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.H7230H3948H5186H2506H8193H508022Right away he follows her, and goes like an ox to the slaughter, or bounds like a stag toward the trapH1980H310H6597H7794H935H2874H191H4148H591423until an arrow pierces its entrails. He is like a bird rushing into a snare, not knowing that it will cost him his life.H2671H6398H3516H6833H4116H6341H3045H531524And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.H8085H1121H7181H561H631025Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.H3820H7847H1870H8582H541026for many are those she has laid low, and numerous are her victims.H5307H7227H2491H6099H202627Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.H1004H1870H7585H3381H2315H4194
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