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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Adulterous Woman</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My son, keep my words</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.7.1"><span class="content">and store up my commands within you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Keep my commands and you will live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.7.2"><span class="content">guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Bind them on your fingers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.7.3"><span class="content">write them on the tablet of your heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Say to wisdom, &#8220;You are my sister,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.7.4"><span class="content">and to insight, &#8220;You are my relative.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They will keep you from the adulterous woman,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.7.5"><span class="content">from the wayward woman with her seductive words.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">At the window of my house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.7.6"><span class="content">I looked down through the lattice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I saw among the simple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.7.7"><span class="content">I noticed among the young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.7.7"><span class="content">a youth who had no sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He was going down the street near her corner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.7.8"><span class="content">walking along in the direction of her house</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">at twilight, as the day was fading,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.7.9"><span class="content">as the dark of night set in.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then out came a woman to meet him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.7.10"><span class="content">dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(She is unruly and defiant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.7.11"><span class="content">her feet never stay at home;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">now in the street, now in the squares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.7.12"><span class="content">at every corner she lurks.)</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She took hold of him and kissed him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.7.13"><span class="content">and with a brazen face she said:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Today I fulfilled my vows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.7.14"><span class="content">and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So I came out to meet you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.7.15"><span class="content">I looked for you and have found you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I have covered my bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.7.16"><span class="content">with colored linens from Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I have perfumed my bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.7.17"><span class="content">with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Come, let&#8217;s drink deeply of love till morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.7.18"><span class="content">let&#8217;s enjoy ourselves with love!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.7.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My husband is not at home;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.7.19"><span class="content">he has gone on a long journey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He took his purse filled with money</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.7.20"><span class="content">and will not be home till full moon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.7.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">With persuasive words she led him astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.7.21"><span class="content">she seduced him with her smooth talk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.7.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All at once he followed her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.7.22"><span class="content">like an ox going to the slaughter,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.7.22"><span class="content">like a deer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:22 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">fool</span></span></span><span class="content"> stepping into a noose</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:22 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.7.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">till an arrow pierces his liver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.7.23"><span class="content">like a bird darting into a snare,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.7.23"><span class="content">little knowing it will cost him his life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.7.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Now then, my sons, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.7.24"><span class="content">pay attention to what I say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Do not let your heart turn to her ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.7.25"><span class="content">or stray into her paths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.7.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Many are the victims she has brought down;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.7.26"><span class="content">her slain are a mighty throng.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Her house is a highway to the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.7.27"><span class="content">leading down to the chambers of death.</span></span></div>
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