ABP - Proverbs - 7

7:1  O son, keep my words, and my commandments hide for yourself!

7:2  O son, esteem the lord! and you shall strengthen; and besides him, do not fear another! Keep my commandments! and you shall spend life; and my words as if the pupil of your eyes.

7:3  Put them on your fingers, and inscribe them upon the width of your heart!

7:4  Speak wisdom [2your 3sister 1to be]; and [3intelligence 4as an acquaintance 1procure 2to yourself]!

7:5  that she should keep you from [4woman 1the strange 2and 3wicked], if [2words for you 3for 4favor 1she should put].

7:6  For from the window of her house [2into 3the 4squares 1she leans]

7:7  at whom ever she should behold of the foolish offspring -- a young man lacking of sense,

7:8  passing by the corner in the corridors of her houses, speaking

7:9  in darkness during the evening, when ever all is at rest nightly, or also at dimness.

7:10  And the woman meets with him [2the appearance 1having] of a harlot, which makes [2of young men 3to flutter 1the heart].

7:11  [3inciting 1And 2she is] and carnal, [5in 6her house 1and 3do not 4stay still 2her feet].

7:12  [3time 1For 2at certain 5outside 4she strays], and another time [2in 3the squares 4by 5every 6corner 1she lies in wait].

7:13  Then, taking hold, she fondles him; and with impudent face she says to him,

7:14  [3sacrifice 2a peace 4with me 1There is], today I render my vows.

7:15  Because of this I come forth for meeting you; feeling the absence of your face I have found you.

7:16  In trimming, I have stretched my bed. [2spreads 1I spread] from Egypt.

7:17  I have sprinkled my bed with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.

7:18  Come! for we should enjoy friendship until dawn. Come, for we should wrap up in passion.

7:19  [3is not 1For 4at hand 2my husband] in the house; he has gone [2way 1a long],

7:20  [2a bundle 3of silver 1taking] in his hands; for only after [2days 1many] will he come back again to his house.

7:21  [2she led 4astray 1And 3him] with much companionship, [2with nooses 1and also]. By the things from her lips she led him aground.

7:22  And he followed after her, being easily led on, and as an ox [2unto 3slaughter 1is led], and as a dog to bonds, and as a stag shot with a bow,

7:23  striking into the liver; and he hastens as a fowl into a snare, not seeing that [2for 3his life 1he runs].

7:24  Now then, O son, hear me, and take heed to the sayings of my mouth!

7:25  Do not turn aside to her ways with your heart! and you should not be misled by her short-cuts.

7:26  [3many 1For 4in piercing 2she has thrown down], and innumerable are whom she has murdered.

7:27  [2is the ways 3of Hades 1Her house]; they lead down into the storerooms of death.