Proverbs

Proverbs 7 ©

1 Solomon recommendeth obedience to his precepts, and such a familiarity with wisdom as may prove a guard to chastity. 6 In a recital of what had passed under his own eye he sheweth the cunning and impudence of a lewd woman, and the desperate folly of a youth seduced by her: 24 he dissuadeth from such dangerous courses.

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MY ason, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

a ch. 1.8; 2.1-7; 3.1,3,21; 4.1,20,21; 5.1,2.
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bKeep my commandments, and live; and my law cas the *apple of thine eye.

b ch. 4.4,13; 3.2,8,18. Le. 18.5. Is. 55.3. De. 32.47. 1Jn. 3.23. Jn. 14.21,23.
c De. 32.10. Ps. 17.8. Zec. 2.8.
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dBind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the *table of thine heart.

d De. 6.8; 11.18. ch. 3.3; 6.21. Ps. 119.9,11. Je. 31.33. 2Co. 3.3.
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eSay unto wisdom, Thou art fmy sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

e ch. 2.2-4; 3.6; 4.5-8. Job 17.14. Mat. 12.49,50. Jn. 14.21,23.
f Ca. 4.9.
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That gthey may keep thee from the *strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

g ch. 5.3; 2.16; 6.24. Ec. 7.26.
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¶For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among 1the youths, a young man hvoid of understanding,

h ch. 6.32; 9.4,16. Je. 4.22.
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Passing through the street near her corner; and he iwent the way to her house,

i ch. 5.8.
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In jthe twilight, 2in the evening, in the black and dark night:

j Job 24.15. 1Th. 5.7. Ep. 5.7,11. Ge. 39.11.
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And, behold, there met him a woman with the kattire of an harlot, and *subtil of heart.

k Ge. 38.15. 1Ti. 2.10.
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(lShe is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

l ch. 9.13. 1Ti. 5.13. Tit. 2.5. Je. 3.3.
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mNow is she *without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

m ch. 9.14; 23.27. Eze. 16.24,25. Je. 3.2.
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So nshe caught him, and kissed him, and 3with an impudent face said unto him,

n Ge. 39.7-12. Ec. 7.26. Is. 3.9.
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4I have opeace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

o Le. 7.11.
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

16

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with pfine linen of Egypt.

p 1Ki. 10.28. Is. 19.9. Eze. 27.7.
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

18

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

19

For the *goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

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He hath taken a bag of money 5with him, and will come home at 6the day appointed.

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qWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the rflattering of her lips she forced him.

q ch. 5.3; 4.16; 16.24; 22.27,28. v.5. Ec. 7.26.
r Ps. 12.2.
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He goeth after her 7straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the scorrection of the stocks;

s Job 13.27. Je. 20.2. Ac. 16.24.
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tTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

t Nu. 25.8. Ec. 9.12. ch. 5.9,11; 6.26.
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uHearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

u ch. 1.8; 2.1,2; 3.1; 4.1,20; 5.1; 6.20,21. v.1-4.
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vLet not thine heart *decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

v ch. 4.14,15; 5.8; 6.25; 23.31,33. Mat. 5.28.
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For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many wstrong men have been slain by her.

w Ju. 16.1-5,19-30. Ne. 13.26. 1Ki. 11.1,2.
27

Her xhouse is the way to hell, going down to ythe chambers of death.

x ch. 2.18,19; 5.5; 9.18; 22.27,28. Ec. 7.26.
y Is. 14.18.