71 My son , keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. 2 Keep my commandments and live , And my teaching as the apple of your eye . 3 Bind them on your fingers ; Write them on the tablet of your heart . 4 Say to wisdom , "You are my sister ," And call understanding your intimate friend ; 5 That they may keep you from an adulteress , From the foreigner who flatters with her words .
6 For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice , 7 And I saw among the naive , And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense , 8 Passing through the street near her corner ; And he takes the way to her house , 9 In the twilight , in the evening e , In the middle of the night and in the darkness . 10 And behold , a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart . 11 She is boisterous and rebellious , Her feet do not remain at home ; 12 She is now in the streets , now in the squares , And lurks by every corner . 13 So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: 14 "I was due to offer peace offerings ; Today I have paid my vows . 15 "Therefore e I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly , and I have found you. 16 "I have spread my couch with coverings , With colored linens of Egypt . 17 "I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh , aloes and cinnamon . 18 "Come , let us drink our fill of love until morning ; Let us delight ourselves with caresses . 19 "For my husband is not at home , He has gone on a long e journey ; 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home ." 21 With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. 22 Suddenly he follows e her As an ox goes to the slaughter , Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool , 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 .
24 Now therefore, my sons , listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth . 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways , Do not stray into her paths . 26 For many are the victims she has cast down , And numerous are all her slain . 27 Her house is the way to Sheol , Descending to the chambers of death .
