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.