Proverbs 7 (NET)

Proverbs 7:1¹My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:2²Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:3³Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:4⁴Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:5⁵so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:6⁶For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked outCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:7⁷and I saw among the naive — I discerned among the youths — a young man who lacked sense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:8⁸He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her houseCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:9⁹in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:10¹⁰Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:11¹¹(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:12¹²at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:13¹³So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:14¹⁴“I have meat from my peace offerings at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:15¹⁵That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:16¹⁶I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:17¹⁷I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:18¹⁸Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:19¹⁹For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:20²⁰He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:21²¹She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:22²²Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snareCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:23²³till an arrow pierces his liver — like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:24²⁴So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:25²⁵Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways— do not wander into her pathways;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:26²⁶for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

Proverbs 7:27²⁷Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions