1My son, keep my words, and lay up…
2Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and…
3Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon…
4Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and…
5That she may keep thee from the woman…
6For I look out of the window of…
7And I see little ones, I behold a…
8Who passeth through the street by the corner,…
9In the dark, when it grows late, in…
10And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot’s…
11Not bearing to be quiet, not able to…
12Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying…
13And catching the young man, she kisseth him,…
14I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I…
15Therefore I am come out to meet thee,…
16I have woven my bed with cords, I…
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes,…
18Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts,…
19For my husband is not at home, he…
20He took with him a bag of money:…
21She entangled him with many words, and drew…
22Immediately he followeth her as an ox led…
23Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if…
24Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend…
25Let not thy mind be drawn away in…
26For she hath cast down many wounded, and…
27Her house is the way to hell, reaching…