Proverbs 7  Legacy Standard Bible

⁶ For ^(F)at the window of my house
I looked out ^(G)through my lattice,
⁷ And I saw among the ^(H)simple,
And discerned among the ^[d]sons
A young man ^(I)lacking a heart of wisdom,
⁸ Passing through the street near ^(J)her corner;
And he strides along the way to ^(K)her house,
⁹ In the ^(L)twilight, in the evening of that day,
In the ^[e]middle of the night, and in the thick darkness.
¹⁰ And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
^(M)Dressed as a harlot and ^[f]cunning of heart.
¹¹ She is ^(N)boisterous and rebellious,
Her ^(O)feet do not dwell at home;
¹² Stepping in the streets, stepping ^(P)in the squares,
And near every corner she ^(Q)lies in wait.
¹³ So she seizes him and kisses him
^[g]And with a ^(R)brazen face she says to him:
¹⁴ “The sacrifices of ^(S)peace offerings are with me;
Today I ^(T)paid my vows.
¹⁵ Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your face earnestly, and I have found you.
¹⁶ I have spread my couch with ^(U)coverings,
With colored ^(V)linens of Egypt.
¹⁷ I have sprinkled my bed
With ^(W)myrrh, aloes, and ^(X)cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, then, let us drink our fill as lovers until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with the pleasures of love.
¹⁹ For ^[h]my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a journey far away;
²⁰ He took a ^(Y)bag of silver in his hand,
On the day of the full moon he will come home.”
²¹ With her abundant ^[i]persuasions she entices him;
With her ^(Z)flattering lips she drives him to herself.
²² He suddenly follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or ^[j]as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,
²³ Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a ^(AA)bird hastens to the snare,
And he does not know that it will cost him his ^[k]soul.

²⁴ So now, my sons, ^(AB)listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
²⁵ Do not let your heart ^(AC)go astray into her ways,
Do not wander into her pathways.
²⁶ For many are the slain whom she has cast down,
And ^(AD)numerous are all those killed by her.
²⁷ The ways to Sheol are in her ^(AE)house,
Descending to the chambers of death.