Proverbs 7 — GMV

7 My son, keep my words, My son, honor the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; ² Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; ³ And bind them on thy fingers, ⁴ Say that wisdom is thy sister, ⁵ That she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, ⁶ For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, ⁷ Passing by the corner in the passages near her house, ⁸ And speaking, in the dark of the evening, ⁹ When there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness: ¹⁰ And the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, ¹¹ And she is fickle, and debauched, ¹² For at one time she wanders without, ¹³ Then she caught him, and kissed him, ¹⁴ I have a peace offering; ¹⁵ Therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; ¹⁶ I have spread my bed with sheets, ¹⁷ I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, ¹⁸ Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, ²⁰ Having taken in his hand a bundle of money: ²¹ So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, ²² And he followed her, being gently led on, ²³ And he hastens as a bird into a snare, ²⁴ Now then, my son, hearken to me, ²⁵ Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways: ²⁶ For she has wounded and cast down many, ²⁷ Her house is the way of hell,