1
My
son,
keep
my
words,
and
lay
up
my
commandments
with
thee.
2
Keep
my
commandments,
and
live;
and
my
law
as
the
apple
of
thine
eye.
3
Bind
them
upon
thy
fingers,
write
them
upon
the
table
of
thine
heart.
4
Say
unto
wisdom,
Thou
[art]
my
sister;
and
call
understanding
[thy]
kinswoman:
5
That
they
may
keep
thee
from
the
strange
woman,
from
the
stranger
[which]
flattereth
with
her
words.
6
For
at
the
window
of
my
house
I
looked
through
my
casement,
7
And
beheld
among
the
simple
ones,
I
discerned
among
the
youths,
a
young
man
void
of
understanding,
8
Passing
through
the
street
near
her
corner;
and
he
went
the
way
to
her
house,
9
In
the
twilight,
in
the
evening,
in
the
black
and
dark
night:
10
And,
behold,
there
met
him
a
woman
[with]
the
attire
of
an
harlot,
and
subtil
of
heart.
11
(She
[is]
loud
and
stubborn;
her
feet
abide
not
in
her
house:
12
Now
[is
she]
without,
now
in
the
streets,
and
lieth
in
wait
at
every
corner.)
13
So
she
caught
him,
and
kissed
him,
[and]
with
an
impudent
face
said
unto
him,
14
[I
have]
peace
offerings
with
me;
this
day
have
I
payed
my
vows.
15
Therefore
came
I
forth
to
meet
thee,
diligently
to
seek
thy
face,
and
I
have
found
thee.
16
I
have
decked
my
bed
with
coverings
of
tapestry,
with
carved
[works],
with
fine
linen
of
Egypt.
17
I
have
perfumed
my
bed
with
myrrh,
aloes,
and
cinnamon.
18
Come,
let
us
take
our
fill
of
love
until
the
morning:
let
us
solace
ourselves
with
loves.
19
For
the
goodman
[is]
not
at
home,
he
is
gone
a
long
journey:
20
He
hath
taken
a
bag
of
money
with
him,
[and]
will
come
home
at
the
day
appointed.
21
With
her
much
fair
speech
she
caused
him
to
yield,
with
the
flattering
of
her
lips
she
forced
him.
22
He
goeth
after
her
straightway,
as
an
ox
goeth
to
the
slaughter,
or
as
a
fool
to
the
correction
of
the
stocks;
23
Till
a
dart
strike
through
his
liver;
as
a
bird
hasteth
to
the
snare,
and
knoweth
not
that
it
[is]
for
his
life.
24
Hearken
unto
me
now
therefore,
O
ye
children,
and
attend
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
25
Let
not
thine
heart
decline
to
her
ways,
go
not
astray
in
her
paths.
26
For
she
hath
cast
down
many
wounded:
yea,
many
strong
[men]
have
been
slain
by
her.
27
Her
house
[is]
the
way
to
hell,
going
down
to
the
chambers
of
death.