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Proverbs 7:1-11

1 My son, obey my words. Store up my commands inside you.

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

2 Obey my commands and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.

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

3 Tie them on 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." Call understanding a member of your family.

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

5 They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

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

6 I stood at the window of my house. I looked out through it.

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

7 Among those who were childish I saw a young man who had no sense.

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

8 He went down the street near that sinful woman's corner. He walked toward her house.

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

9 The sun had gone down. Day was fading. The darkness of night was falling.

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

10 A woman came out to meet him. She was dressed like a prostitute and had a clever plan.

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

11 She was a loud and pushy woman. She never stayed at home.

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