Proverbs 7 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Wiles of the Harlot

Pro 7:1

Pro 7:1My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.

Pro 7:2

Pro 7:2Keep my commandments and live,
And my [fn]teaching as the [fn]apple of your eye.

Pro 7:3

Pro 7:3Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Pro 7:4

Pro 7:4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

Pro 7:5

Pro 7:5That they may keep you from an [fn]adulteress,
From the foreigner who [fn]flatters with her words.

Pro 7:6

Pro 7:6For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,

Pro 7:7

Pro 7:7And I saw among the [fn]naive,
And discerned among the [fn]youths
A young man lacking [fn]sense,

Pro 7:8

Pro 7:8Passing through the street near her corner;
And he [fn]takes the way to her house,

Pro 7:9

Pro 7:9In the twilight, in the [fn]evening,
In the [fn]middle of the night and in the darkness.

Pro 7:10

Pro 7:10And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

Pro 7:11

Pro 7:11She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;

Pro 7:12

Pro 7:12She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.

Pro 7:13

Pro 7:13So she seizes him and kisses him
[fn]And with a brazen face she says to him:

Pro 7:14

Pro 7:14“[fn]I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.

Pro 7:15

Pro 7:15“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

Pro 7:16

Pro 7:16“I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.

Pro 7:17

Pro 7:17“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Pro 7:18

Pro 7:18“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

Pro 7:19

Pro 7:19“For [fn]my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;

Pro 7:20

Pro 7:20He has taken a bag of money [fn]with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”

Pro 7:21

Pro 7:21With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her [fn]flattering lips she seduces him.

Pro 7:22

Pro 7:22Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as [fn]one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

Pro 7:23

Pro 7:23Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Pro 7:24

Pro 7:24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

Pro 7:25

Pro 7:25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.

Pro 7:26

Pro 7:26For many are the [fn]victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

Pro 7:27

Pro 7:27Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(7:2)

Or, law

(7:2)

Literally: pupil

(7:5)

Literally: strange woman

(7:5)

Literally: is smooth

(7:7)

Literally: simple ones

Literally: sons

Literally: heart

Literally: steps

Literally: evening of the day

(7:9)

Literally: pupil (of the eye)

(7:13)

Literally: She makes bold her face and says

(7:14)

Literally: Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me

(7:19)

Literally: the man

(7:20)

Literally: in his hand

(7:21)

Literally: smooth

(7:22)

Or, as a stag goes into a trap; so some ancient versions

(7:26)

Literally: mortally wounded

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The Wiles of the Harlot

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