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Proverbs 7:1-11

1 My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands.

1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and live; protect my teachings as you would the pupil of your eye.

2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

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] relative.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”

5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a stranger with her flattering talk.

5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

6 At the window of my house I looked through my lattice.

6 At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.

7 I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking sense.

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.

8 Crossing the street near her corner, he strolled down the road to her house

8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house

9 at twilight, in the evening, in the dark of the night.

9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

10 A woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute, having a hidden agenda.

10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home.

11 (She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;