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1 # My son <01121>, keep <08104> (8798) my words <0561>, and lay up <06845> (8799) my commandments <04687> with thee.
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2 Keep <08104> (8798) my commandments <04687>, and live <02421> (8798); and my law <08451> as the apple <0380> of thine eye <05869>.
3 Bind <07194> (8798) them upon thy fingers <0676>, write <03789> (8798) them upon the table <03871> of thine heart <03820>.
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4 Say <0559> (8798) unto wisdom <02451>, Thou art my sister <0269>; and call <07121> (8799) understanding <0998> thy kinswoman <04129>:
5 That they may keep <08104> (8800) thee from the strange <02114> (8801) woman <0802>, from the stranger <05237> which flattereth <02505> (8689) with her words <0561>.
This woman is a picture of the. flesh

6 # For at the window <02474> of my house <01004> I looked <08259> (8738) through my casement <0822>,
7 And beheld <07200> (8799) among the simple ones <06612>, I discerned <0995> (8799) among the youths <01121> , a young man <05288> void <02638> of understanding <03820>,
8 Passing through <05674> (8802) the street <07784> near <0681> her corner <06434>; and he went <06805> (8799) the way <01870> to her house <01004>,
9 In the twilight <05399>, in the evening <03117> <06153>, in the black <0380> and dark <0653> night <03915>:
10 And, behold, there met <07125> (8800) him a woman <0802> with the attire <07897> of an harlot <02181> (8802), and subtil <05341> (8803) of heart <03820>.
11 (She is loud <01993> (8802) and stubborn <05637> (8802); her feet <07272> abide <07931> (8799) not in her house <01004>:
12 Now <06471> is she without <02351>, now <06471> in the streets <07339>, and lieth in wait <0693> (8799) at <0681> every corner <06438>.)
13 So she caught <02388> (8689) him, and kissed <05401> (8804) him, and with an impudent <05810> (8689) face <06440> said <0559> (8799) unto him,
14 I have peace <08002> offerings <02077> with me; this day <03117> have I payed <07999> (8765) my vows <05088>.
15 Therefore came I forth <03318> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) thee, diligently to seek <07836> (8763) thy face <06440>, and I have found <04672> (8799) thee.
16 I have decked <07234> (8804) my bed <06210> with coverings <04765> of tapestry, with carved <02405> works , with fine linen <0330> of Egypt <04714>.
17 I have perfumed <05130> (8804) my bed <04904> with myrrh <04753>, aloes <0174>, and cinnamon <07076>.
18 Come <03212> (8798), let us take our fill <07301> (8799) of love <01730> until the morning <01242> : let us solace <05965> (8691) ourselves with loves <0159>.
19 For the goodman <0376> is not at home <01004>, he is gone <01980> (8804) a long <07350> journey <01870>:
20 He hath taken <03947> (8804) a bag <06872> of money <03701> with him <03027>, and will come <0935> (8799) home <01004> at the day <03117> appointed <03677>.
21 With her much <07230> fair speech <03948> she caused him to yield <05186> (8689), with the flattering <02506> of her lips <08193> she forced <05080> (8686) him.
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22 He goeth <01980> (8802) after <0310> her straightway <06597>, as an ox <07794> goeth <0935> (8799) to the slaughter <02874>, or as a fool <0191> to the correction <04148> of the stocks <05914>;
23 Till a dart <02671> strike <06398> (8762) through his liver <03516>; as a bird <06833> hasteth <04116> (8763) to the snare <06341>, and knoweth <03045> (8804) not that it is for his life <05315>.
24 # Hearken <08085> (8798) unto me now therefore, O ye children <01121>, and attend <07181> (8685) to the words <0561> of my mouth <06310>.
25 Let not thine heart <03820> decline <07847> (8799) to her ways <01870>, go not astray <08582> (8799) in her paths <05410>.
26 For she hath cast down <05307> (8689) many <07227> wounded <02491>: yea, many strong <06099> men have been slain <02026> (8803) by her.
27 Her house <01004> is the way <01870> to hell <07585>, going down <03381> (8802) to the chambers <02315> of death <04194>.