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Proverbs 7 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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My son, obey my words,

and treasure my commands.

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Keep my commands and live,

and guard my instructions

as you would the pupil of your eye.

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Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your relative.

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She will keep you from a forbidden woman,

a wayward woman with her flattering talk.

A Story of Seduction

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At the window of my house

I looked through my lattice.

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I saw among the inexperienced,[fn]

I noticed among the youths,

a young man lacking sense.

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Crossing the street near her corner,

he strolled down the road to her house

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at twilight, in the evening,

in the dark of the night.

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A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,

having a hidden agenda.[fn]

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She is loud and defiant;

her feet do not stay at home.

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Now in the street, now in the squares,

she lurks at every corner.

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She grabs him and kisses him;

she brazenly says[fn] to him,

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“I’ve made fellowship offerings;

today I’ve fulfilled my vows.

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“So I came out to meet you,

to search for you, and I’ve found you.

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“I’ve spread coverings on my bed —

richly colored linen from Egypt.

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“I’ve perfumed my bed

with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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“Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.

Let’s feast on each other’s love!

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“My husband isn’t home;

he went on a long journey.

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“He took a bag of silver with him

and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

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She seduces him with her persistent pleading;

she lures with her flattering talk.

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He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap[fn]

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until an arrow pierces its[fn] liver,

like a bird darting into a snare —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

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Now, sons, listen to me,

and pay attention to the words from my mouth.

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Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;

don’t stray onto her paths.

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For she has brought many down to death;

her victims are countless.[fn]

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Her house is the road to Sheol,

descending to the chambers of death.

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Or simple, or gullible, or naive
Or prostitute with a guarded heart
Lit she makes her face strong and says
Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool ; Hb obscure
Or his
Or and powerful men are all her victims
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Proverbs Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras