Proverbs 7:1 - 8:1 Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words, store up my commands with you. ² Obey my commands, and live; guard my teaching like the . ³ Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. ⁴ Say to wisdom, "You are my sister"; call understanding your kinswoman; ⁵ so that they can keep you from unknown women, from loose women with their seductive talk. ⁶ For I was at the window of my house, glancing out through the lattice, ⁷ when I saw among the young men there, among those who don't think for themselves, a young fellow (having a lack) of all . ⁸ He crosses the street near her corner and continues on toward her house.  ²² At once he follows her like an ox on its way to be ; like a to be punished in the stocks; ²³ or like a bird rushing into a , not knowing its life is at stake till an arrow pierces its liver. ²⁴ So now, children, listen to me; pay attention to what I am saying. ²⁵ Don't let your heart turn to her ways; don't stray onto her paths. ²⁶ For many are those she has , numerous those she has . ²⁷ Her house is the way to Sh'ol; it leads down to the of .

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