Proverbs Chapter 7 (KJV)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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