4 Say to wisdom, “You
are my sister,”
And call understanding
your nearest kin,
5 aThat they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress
who flatters with her words.
The Crafty Harlot
6 For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
7 And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the
1 youths,
A young man
adevoid of understanding,
8 Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house
9 aIn the twilight, in the evening,
In the black and dark night.
10 And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
11 aShe
was loud and rebellious,
bHer feet would not stay at home.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
