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Proverbs 7
1My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
2Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
7I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
8passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
9in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
11She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house.
12Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
14"Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.
15Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.
19For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.
20He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."
21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.
24Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,
26for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
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Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 7:5–23
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. / For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. / I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Aloes used As Perfume Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Apples Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Bed: Perfumed Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Beds: Covered with Tapestry and Linen Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Beds: Often Perfumed Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Being Naive Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Birds: (Snaring) Designs of the Wicked Proverbs 7:23
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Blindness: Spiritual Proverbs 7:7–23
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment, / crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house, / at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Carving: Beds Decorated With Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Chastity: Consequences of Associating with Those Devoid of Proverbs 7:25–27
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. / For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. / Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
Chastity: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 7:1–5
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Chastity: Preserved by Wisdom Proverbs 7:1–5
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Children: Wicked Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Cinnamon: A Spice Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Commandments: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 7:1–4
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. / Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. / Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Egypt: Celebrated For: Fine Linen Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Egypt: The Country of: Exports of Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Egypt: The Country of: Productions of Proverbs 7:16
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Flattery: Danger of Proverbs 7:21–23
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him. / He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, / until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 7:5, 21
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. / With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Guarding your Heart Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
Harlot (Prostitute): Machinations of Proverbs 7:10
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Harlot (Prostitute): Shamelessness of Proverbs 7:11–27
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. / Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. / She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
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Proverbs 7:1-5 Verses 1-5
We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at hand to be read. Thus we shall be kept from the fatal effects of our own passions, and the snares of Satan. Let God's word confirm our dread of sin, and resolutions against it.
Proverbs 7:6-27 Verses 6-27
Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of self-ruined sinners began in disregard to God's blessed commands. We ought daily to pray that we may be kept from running into temptation, else we invite the enemies of our souls to spread snares for us. Ever avoid the neighbourhood of vice. Beware of sins which are said to be pleasant sins. They are the more dangerous, because they most easily gain the heart, and close it against repentance. Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it. Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.