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7.10
PROVERBS
- With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
- 11She is riotous and rebellious,
- Her feet abide not in her house;
- 12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
- And lieth in wait at every corner.
- 13So she caught him, and kissed him,
- And with an impudent face she said unto him:
- 14'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me;
- This day have I paid my vows.
- 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
- To seek thy face, and I have found thee.
- 16I have decked my couch with coverlets,
- With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
- 17I have perfumed my bed
- With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
- 18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
- Let us solace ourselves with loves.
- 19For my husband is not at home,
- He is gone a long journey;
- 20He hath taken the bag of money with him;
- He will come home at the full moon.'
- 21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield,
- With the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
- 22He goeth after her straightway,
- As an ox that goeth to the slaughter,
- Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
- 23Till an arrow strike through his liver;
- As a bird hasteneth to the snare—
- And knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
- 24Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me,
- And attend to the words of my mouth.
- 25Let not thy heart decline to her ways,
- Go not astray in her paths.
- 26For she hath cast down many wounded;
- Yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
- 27Her house is the way to the nether-world,
- Going down to the chambers of death.
- 8 Doth not wisdom call,
- And understanding put forth her voice?
- 2In the top of high places by the way,
- Where the paths meet, she standeth;
- 3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
- At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
- 4'Unto you, O men, I call,
- And my voice is to the sons of men.
- 5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence,
- And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things,
- And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
- 7For my mouth shall utter truth,
- And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- 8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness,
- There is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
- 9They are all plain to him that understandeth,
- And right to them that find knowledge.
- 10Receive my instruction, and not silver,
- And knowledge rather than choice gold.
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