Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 7

1My sonH1121, keepH8104 my wordsH561 and treasureH6845 my commandmentsH4687 within youH854.2KeepH8104 my commandmentsH4687 and liveH2421; guard my teachingsH8451 as the appleH380 1 of your eyeH5869.3Tie themH7194 toH5921 your fingersH676; write themH3789 onH5921 the tabletH3871 of your heartH3820.4SayH559 to wisdomH2451, “YouH859 are my sisterH269,” and callH7121 understandingH998 your kinsmanH4129,5that they may keep youH8104 from the adulteressH2114 H802, from the strangerH5237 with seductiveH2505 wordsH561.

6ForH3588 at the windowH2474 of my houseH1004I lookedH8259 throughH1157 the latticeH822.7I sawH7200 among the simpleH6612,I noticedH995 among the youthsH1121,a young manH5288 lackingH2638 judgmentH3820,8crossingH5674 the streetH7784 nearH681 her cornerH6438,strollingH6805 down the roadH1870 to her houseH1004,9at twilightH5399, as the day was fadingH6153 H3117into the darkH653 of the nightH380 H3915.

10ThenH2009 a womanH802 came out to meet himH7122,with the attireH7897 of a harlotH2181 and cunningH5341 of heartH3820.11SheH1931 is loudH1993 and defiantH5637;her feetH7272 do notH3808 remainH7931 at homeH1004.12NowH6471 in the streetH2351, nowH6471 in the squaresH7339,she lurksH693 atH681 everyH3605 cornerH6438.13She seizesH2388 him and kissesH5401 him;she brazenlyH5810 H6440 saysH559 to him:

14“I have made my peaceH8002 H5921 offeringsH2077;todayH3117 I have paidH7999 my vowsH5088.15SoH5921 H3651 I came outH3318 to meet youH7122;I sought youH7836 H6440, and I have found youH4672.16I have deckedH7234 my bedH6210 with coveringsH4765,with coloredH2405 linenH330 from EgyptH4714.17I have perfumedH5130 my bedH4904 with myrrhH4753,with aloesH174, and with cinnamonH7076.18ComeH1980, let us take our fillH7301 of loveH1730 tillH5704 morningH1242.Let us delightH5965 in loving caressesH159!19ForH3588 my husbandH376 is notH369 at homeH1004;he has goneH1980 on a longH7350 journeyH1870.20He tookH3947 with himH3027 a bagH6872 of moneyH3701and will not returnH935 H1004 tillH3117 the moon is fullH3677.”

21With her greatH7230 persuasionH3948 she entices himH5186;with her flatteringH2506 lipsH8193 she lures himH5080.22He follows herH1980 H310 on impulseH6597,like an oxH7794 goingH935 toH413 the slaughterH2874,like a deerH191 boundingH5914 intoH413 a trapH4148,223untilH5704 an arrowH2671 piercesH6398 his liverH3516,like a birdH6833 dartingH4116 intoH413 a snareH6341—notH3808 knowingH3045 H3588 itH1931 will cost him his lifeH5315.

24NowH6258, my sonsH1121, listenH8085 to me,and attendH7181 to the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.25Do notH408 let your heartH3820 turn asideH7847 toH413 her waysH1870;do notH408 strayH8582 into her pathsH5410.26ForH3588 she has brought manyH7227 downH5307 to deathH2491;her slainH2026 are manyH6099 in numberH3605.27Her houseH1004 is the roadH1870 to SheolH7585,descendingH3381 toH413 the chambersH2315 of deathH4194.

Notes

1. Proverbs 7:2 Literally the pupil ↩
2. Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (see LXX, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew like fetters to discipline a fool ↩