Thematic Bible
Proverbs 7:1 (show verse)
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
Proverbs 7:2 (show verse)
keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
Proverbs 7:3 (show verse)
bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 7:4 (show verse)
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Proverbs 7:5 (show verse)
to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Proverbs 7:6 (show verse)
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
Proverbs 7:7 (show verse)
and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,
Proverbs 7:8 (show verse)
passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
Proverbs 7:9 (show verse)
in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
Proverbs 7:10 (show verse)
And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
Proverbs 7:11 (show verse)
She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
Proverbs 7:12 (show verse)
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
Proverbs 7:13 (show verse)
She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,
Proverbs 7:14 (show verse)
"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
Proverbs 7:15 (show verse)
so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
Proverbs 7:16 (show verse)
I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;
Proverbs 7:17 (show verse)
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18 (show verse)
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
Proverbs 7:19 (show verse)
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
Proverbs 7:20 (show verse)
he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."
Proverbs 7:21 (show verse)
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
Proverbs 7:22 (show verse)
All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
Proverbs 7:23 (show verse)
till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Proverbs 7:24 (show verse)
And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:25 (show verse)
Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,
Proverbs 7:26 (show verse)
for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng.
Proverbs 7:27 (show verse)
Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.