7:1   My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do.

7:2   Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes.

7:3   Keep my teaching with you all the time; write it on your heart.

7:4   Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.

7:5   They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words.

7:6   Once I was looking out the window of my house,

7:7   and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular.

7:8   He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. He was passing near her house

7:9   in the evening after it was dark.

7:10   And then she met him; she was dressed like a prostitute and was making plans.

7:11   She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets

7:12   or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace.

7:13   She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,

7:14   "I made my offerings today and have the meat from the sacrifices.

7:15   So I came out looking for you. I wanted to find you, and here you are!

7:16   I've covered my bed with sheets of colored linen from Egypt.

7:17   I've perfumed it with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

7:18   Come on! Let's make love all night long. We'll be happy in each other's arms.

7:19   My husband isn't at home. He's on a long trip.

7:20   He took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks."

7:21   So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.

7:22   Suddenly he was going with her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, like a deer prancing into a trap

7:23   where an arrow would pierce its heart. He was like a bird going into a net---he did not know that his life was in danger.

7:24   Now then, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to what I say.

7:25   Do not let such a woman win your heart; don't go wandering after her.

7:26   She has been the ruin of many men and caused the death of too many to count.

7:27   If you go to her house, you are on the way to the world of the dead. It is a shortcut to death.