New Living Translation NLT
New International Version NIV
1 Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2 Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
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Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
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They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
6 While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain,
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At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
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I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
8 He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by her house.
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He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
9 It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell.
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at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
10 The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart.
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Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.