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Proverbs 7 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 7
The Wiles of a Harlot
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1 My son, keep my words,
​​And treasure my commands within you.
2 ​​Keep my commands and live,
​​And my law as the apple of your eye.
3 ​​Bind them on your fingers;
​​Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 ​​Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
​​And call understanding your nearest kin,
5 ​​That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
​​From the seductress who flatters with her words.
The Crafty Harlot
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6 ​​For at the window of my house
​​I looked through my lattice,
7 ​​And saw among the simple,
​​I perceived among the youths,
​​A young man devoid of understanding,
8 ​​Passing along the street near her corner;
​​And he took the path to her house
9 ​​In the twilight, in the evening,
​​In the black and dark night.
​
10 ​​And there a woman met him,
​​With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
11 ​​She was loud and rebellious,
​​Her feet would not stay at home.
12 ​​At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
​​Lurking at every corner.
13 ​​So she caught him and kissed him;
​​With an impudent face she said to him:
14 ​​“I have peace offerings with me;
​​Today I have paid my vows.
15 ​​So I came out to meet you,
​​Diligently to seek your face,
​​And I have found you.
16 ​​I have spread my bed with tapestry,
​​Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
17 ​​I have perfumed my bed
​​With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 ​​Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
​​Let us delight ourselves with love.
19 ​​For my husband is not at home;
​​He has gone on a long journey;
20 ​​He has taken a bag of money with him,
​​And will come home on the appointed day.”
​
21 ​​With her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
​​With her flattering lips she seduced him.
22 ​​Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
​​Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,[fn]
23 ​​Till an arrow struck his liver.
​​As a bird hastens to the snare,
​​He did not know it would cost his life.
​
24 ​​Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
​​Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25 ​​Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
​​Do not stray into her paths;
26 ​​For she has cast down many wounded,
​​And all who were slain by her were strong men.
27 ​​Her house is the way to hell,[fn]
​​Descending to the chambers of death.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint, Syriac, and Targum read as a dog to bonds; Vulgate reads as a lamb . . . to bonds.
Or Sheol
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