{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":7,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/6","next":"proverbs/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, keep my words"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and treasure my commandments within you."}],"h":"Warnings about the Adulteress","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.","f":["Literally the pupil"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Keep my commandments and live;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"guard my teachings as the apple of your eye."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Tie them to your fingers;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"write them on the tablet of your heart."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Say to wisdom,“ You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Say to wisdom,“ You are my sister,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and call understanding your kinsman,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that they may keep you from the adulteress,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the stranger with seductive words."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For at the window of my house"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I looked through the lattice."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I saw among the simple,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I noticed among the youths,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a young man lacking judgment,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"crossing the street near her corner,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"strolling down the road to her house,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"at twilight, as the day was fading"},{"style":"indent2","t":"into the dark of the night."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Then a woman came out to meet him, [with] the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then a woman came out to meet him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[with] the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She is loud and defiant;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"her feet do not remain at home."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Now in the street, now in the squares,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she lurks at every corner."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She seizes him and kisses him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she brazenly says to him:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"“ I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I have made my peace offerings;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"today I have paid my vows."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I came out to meet you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I sought you, and I have found you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have decked my bed with coverings,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with colored linen from Egypt."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with aloes, and with cinnamon."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Come, let us take our fill of love till morning."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let us delight in loving caresses!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For my husband is not at home;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he has gone on a long journey."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon [is] full.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He took with him a bag of money"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will not return till the moon [is] full.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"With her great persuasion she entices him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with her flattering lips she lures him."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,","f":["Probable reading (see LXX, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew like fetters to discipline a fool"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He follows her on impulse,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an ox going to the slaughter,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a deer bounding into a trap,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare — not knowing it will cost him his life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"until an arrow pierces his liver,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a bird darting into a snare —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not knowing it will cost him his life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Now, my sons, listen to me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and attend to the words of my mouth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":25,"t":"Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not stray into her paths."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For she has brought many down to death;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"her slain are many in number."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Her house is the road to Sheol,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"descending to the chambers of death."}],"style":"indent1"}]}