1My son, keep my words, and lay up…
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law…
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon…
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and…
5That they may keep thee from the strange…
6For at the window of my house I…
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned…
8Passing through the street near her corner; and…
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the…
10And, behold, there met him a woman with…
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide…
12Now is she without, now in the streets,…
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and…
14I have peace offerings with me; this day…
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently…
16I have decked my bed with coverings of…
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes,…
18Come, let us take our fill of love…
19For the goodman is not at home, he…
20He hath taken a bag of money with…
21With her much fair speech she caused him…
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox…
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as…
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children,…
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways,…
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea,…
27Her house is the way to hell, going…
