My son, keep my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments and live;
And my {Or, teaching}law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
And call understanding thy {Or, familiar friend}kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
From the foreigner that {Hebrew: maketh smooth her words.}flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house
I looked forth through my lattice;
And I beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
A young man void of understanding,
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
In the {Hebrew: pupil (of the eye).}middle of the night and in the darkness.
And, behold, there met him a woman
With the attire of a harlot, and {Or, close Hebrew: guarded.}wily of heart.
(She is {Or, turbulent}clamorous and wilful;
Her feet abide not in her house:
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
And lieth in wait at every corner.)
So she caught him, and kissed him,
{Hebrew: She hardened her face, and said.}And with an impudent face she said unto him:
Sacrifices of peace-offerings {Or, were due from me}are with me;
This day have I paid my vows.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have spread my couch with {Or, cushion}carpets of tapestry,
With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
I have {Or, sprinkled}perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
Let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the man is not at home;
He is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him;
He will come home at the full moon.
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield;
With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
He goeth after her {Hebrew: suddenly.}straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as one in {The Hebrew is obsure.}fetters to the correction of the fool;
Till an arrow strike through his liver;
As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways;
Go not astray in her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded:
Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of death.
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To give prudence to the simple,To the young man knowledge and discretion:
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding:He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?And scoffers delight them in scoffing,And fools hate knowledge?
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them,And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
O ye simple, understand prudence;And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found;But a rod is for the back of him that is void of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding.
The simple believeth every word;But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;But he that followeth after {Or, vain things}vain persons is void of understanding.
The simple inherit folly;But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Also, {Or, desire without knowledge is not good}that the soul be without knowledge is not good;And he that hasteth with his feet {Or, misseth his way}sinneth.
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
I went by the field of the sluggard,And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;But the simple pass on, and {Hebrew: are mulcted.}suffer for it.
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
The opening of thy words giveth light;It giveth understanding unto the simple.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.