Proverbs 7 | ASV Bible Study

Proverbs 7:1 (ASV)
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:2 (ASV)
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

Proverbs 7:3 (ASV)
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

Proverbs 7:4 (ASV)
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding `thy' kinswoman:

Proverbs 7:5 (ASV)
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 7:6 (ASV)
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

Proverbs 7:7 (ASV)
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

Proverbs 7:8 (ASV)
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

Proverbs 7:9 (ASV)
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Proverbs 7:10 (ASV)
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

Proverbs 7:11 (ASV)
She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

Proverbs 7:12 (ASV)
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.

Proverbs 7:13 (ASV)
So she caught him, and kissed him, `And' with an impudent face she said unto him:

Proverbs 7:14 (ASV)
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

Proverbs 7:15 (ASV)
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Proverbs 7:16 (ASV)
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Proverbs 7:17 (ASV)
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:18 (ASV)
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

Proverbs 7:19 (ASV)
For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

Proverbs 7:20 (ASV)
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.

Proverbs 7:21 (ASV)
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

Proverbs 7:22 (ASV)
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as `one in' fetters to the correction of the fool;

Proverbs 7:23 (ASV)
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Proverbs 7:24 (ASV)
Now therefore, `my' sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:25 (ASV)
Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

Proverbs 7:26 (ASV)
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

Proverbs 7:27 (ASV)
Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

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