1My son1121, keep8104 my words561, and lay up6845 my commandments4687 with thee.
2Keep8104 my commandments4687, and live2421; and my law8451 as the apple380 of thine eye5869.
3Bind7194 them upon thy fingers676, write3789 them upon the table3871 of thine heart3820.
4Say559 unto wisdom2451, Thou art my sister269; and call7121 understanding998 thy kinswoman4129:
5That they may keep8104 thee from the strange2114 woman802, from the stranger5237 which flattereth2505 with her words561.
6For at the window2474 of my house1004 I looked8259 through my casement822,
7And beheld7200 among the simple ones6612, I discerned995 among the youths1121, a young man5288 void2638 of understanding3820,
8Passing through5674 the street7784 near681 her corner6434; and he went6805 the way1870 to her house1004,
9In the twilight5399, in the evening3117 6153, in the black380 and dark653 night3915:
10And, behold, there met7125 him a woman802 with the attire7897 of an harlot2181, and subtil5341 of heart3820.
11(She is loud1993 and stubborn5637; her feet7272 abide7931 not in her house1004:
12Now6471 is she without2351, now6471 in the streets7339, and lieth in wait693 at681 every corner6438.)
13So she caught2388 him, and kissed5401 him, and with an impudent5810 face6440 said559 unto him,
14I have peace8002 offerings2077 with me; this day3117 have I payed7999 my vows5088.
15Therefore came I forth3318 to meet7125 thee, diligently to seek7836 thy face6440, and I have found4672 thee.
16I have decked7234 my bed6210 with coverings4765 of tapestry, with carved2405 works, with fine linen330 of Egypt4714.
17I have perfumed5130 my bed4904 with myrrh4753, aloes174, and cinnamon7076.
18Come3212, let us take our fill7301 of love1730 until the morning1242: let us solace5965 ourselves with loves159.
19For the goodman376 is not at home1004, he is gone1980 a long7350 journey1870:
20He hath taken3947 a bag6872 of money3701 with him3027, and will come935 home1004 at the day3117 appointed3677.
21With her much7230 fair speech3948 she caused him to yield5186, with the flattering2506 of her lips8193 she forced5080 him.
22He goeth1980 after310 her straightway6597, as an ox7794 goeth935 to the slaughter2874, or as a fool191 to the correction4148 of the stocks5914;
23Till a dart2671 strike6398 through his liver3516; as a bird6833 hasteth4116 to the snare6341, and knoweth3045 not that it is for his life5315.
24Hearken8085 unto me now therefore, O ye children1121, and attend7181 to the words561 of my mouth6310.
25Let not thine heart3820 decline7847 to her ways1870, go not astray8582 in her paths5410.
26For she hath cast down5307 many7227 wounded2491: yea, many strong6099 men have been slain2026 by her.
27Her house1004 is the way1870 to hell7585, going down3381 to the chambers2315 of death4194.