Thematic Bible




Proverbs 7:1 (show verse)

My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.

Proverbs 7:2 (show verse)

Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.

Proverbs 7:3 (show verse)

Strap them to your fingers and engrave them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:4 (show verse)

Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,

Proverbs 7:5 (show verse)

so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.

Proverbs 7:6 (show verse)

For from a window in my house I peered through the lattice work,

Proverbs 7:7 (show verse)

and I noticed among the naive that is, I discerned among the youths a senseless young man.

Proverbs 7:8 (show verse)

Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house

Proverbs 7:9 (show verse)

at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night.

Proverbs 7:10 (show verse)

Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.

Proverbs 7:11 (show verse)

She is brazen and defiant her feet don't remain at home.

Proverbs 7:12 (show verse)

Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.

Proverbs 7:13 (show verse)

So she grabs hold of him and kisses him, with a brazen face she speaks to him,

Proverbs 7:14 (show verse)

"I have given my peace offerings, and today I fulfilled my vows.

Proverbs 7:15 (show verse)

Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!

Proverbs 7:16 (show verse)

I've decorated my bed with new coverings embroidered linen from Egypt.

Proverbs 7:17 (show verse)

I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:18 (show verse)

Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,

Proverbs 7:19 (show verse)

because my husband isn't home. He left on a long trip.

Proverbs 7:20 (show verse)

He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."

Proverbs 7:21 (show verse)

She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:22 (show verse)

All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap

Proverbs 7:23 (show verse)

until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.

Proverbs 7:24 (show verse)

So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.

Proverbs 7:25 (show verse)

Don't be led astray by her lifestyle, and don't imitate her behavior.

Proverbs 7:26 (show verse)

For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.

Proverbs 7:27 (show verse)

Her house leads to Sheol, descending to death's catacombs.