7:1  My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.

7:2  Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

7:3  Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

7:4  Say to wisdom, "You are my sister, And call understanding {your} intimate friend;"

7:5  That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

7:6  For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

7:7  And I saw among the naive, {And} discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

7:8  Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house,

7:9  In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and {in} the darkness.

7:10  And behold, a woman {comes} to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

7:11  She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

7:12  {She is} now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.

7:13  So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him:

7:14  "I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.

7:15  "Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

7:16  "I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

7:17  "I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

7:18  "Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

7:19  "For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey;

7:20  He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home."

7:21  With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.

7:22  Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as {one in} fetters to the discipline of a fool,

7:23  Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it {will cost him} his life.

7:24  Now therefore, {my} sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

7:25  Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.

7:26  For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain.

7:27  Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.