American Standard Version of 1901
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For at the window of my houseI 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.
My son, if sinners entice thee,Consent thou not.
If they say, Come with us,Let us lay wait for blood;Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, {Or, Even the perfect}And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
We shall find all precious substance;We shall fill our houses with spoil;
{Or, Cast in thy lot}Thou shalt cast thy lot among us;We will all have one purse:
My son, walk not thou in the way with them;Refrain thy foot from their path:
For their feet run to evil,And they make haste to shed blood.
For in vain is the net spreadIn the sight of any bird:
And these lay wait for their own blood;They lurk privily for their own lives.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard;Consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no {Or, judge}chief,Overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her bread in the summer,And gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou {Hebrew: lie down.}sleep, O sluggard?When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to {Hebrew: lie down.}sleep:
Remove thy way far from her,And come not nigh the door of her house;
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father,And attend to know understanding:
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;And the years of thy life shall be many.
My son, attend unto my wisdom;Incline thine ear to my understanding:
Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,And depart not from the words of my mouth.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father,And forsake not the {Or, teaching}law of thy mother:
Bind them continually upon thy heart;Tie them about thy neck.
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;When thou {Hebrew: liest down.}sleepest, it shall watch over thee;And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.