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Proverbs 7
Proverbs 7
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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Follow my advice, my son; always keep it in mind and stick to it.
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Obey me and live! Guard my words as your most precious possession.
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Write them down, and also keep them deep within your heart.
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Love wisdom like a sweetheart; make her a beloved member of your family.
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Let her hold you back from affairs with other women—from listening to their flattery.
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I was looking out the window of my house one day
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and saw a simple-minded lad, a young man lacking common sense,
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walking at twilight down the street to
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the house of this wayward girl, a prostitute.
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She approached him, saucy and pert, and dressed seductively.
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She was the brash, coarse type, seen often in the streets
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and markets, soliciting at every corner for men to be her lovers.
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She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with a saucy look she said, “I was just coming to look for you and here you are!
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Come home with me, and I'll fix
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you a wonderful dinner, and after that—
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well, my bed is spread with lovely, colored sheets of finest linen imported from Egypt,
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perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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Come on, let's take our fill of love until morning,
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for my husband is away on a long trip.
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He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won't return for several days.“
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So she seduced him with her pretty speech, her coaxing and her wheedling, until he yielded to her. He couldn't resist her flattery.
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He followed her as an ox going to the butcher or as a stag that is trapped,
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waiting to be killed with an arrow through its heart. He was as a bird flying into a snare, not knowing the fate awaiting it there.
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Listen to me, young men, and not only listen but obey;
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don't let your desires get out of hand; don't let yourself think about her. Don't go near her; stay away from where she walks, lest she tempt you and seduce you.
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For she has been the ruin of multitudes—a vast host of men have been her victims.
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If you want to find the road to hell, look for her house.
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