1My son, keep my words. Lay up my…
2Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching…
3Bind them on your fingers. Write them on…
4Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding…
5that they may keep you from the strange…
6For at the window of my house, I…
7I saw among the simple ones. I discerned…
8passing through the street near her corner, he…
9in the twilight, in the evening of the…
10Behold, there a woman met him with the…
11She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t…
12Now she is in the streets, now in…
13So she caught him, and kissed him. With…
14“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today…
15Therefore I came out to meet you, to…
16I have spread my couch with carpets of…
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes,…
18Come, let’s take our fill of loving until…
19For my husband isn’t at home. He has…
20He has taken a bag of money with…
21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With…
22He followed her immediately, as an ox goes…
23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as…
24Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention…
25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.…
26for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes,…
27Her house is the way to Sheol, going…
