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1. My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
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1. My son H1121 , keep H8104 my words H561 , and lay up H6845 my commandments H4687 with H854 thee.
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2. Obey my commands, and you will live. Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.
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2. Keep H8104 my commandments H4687 , and live H2421 ; and my law H8451 as the apple H380 of thine eye H5869 .
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3. Remind yourself of them; write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
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3. Bind H7194 them upon H5921 thy fingers H676 , write H3789 them upon H5921 the table H3871 of thine heart H3820 .
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4. Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.
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4. Say H559 unto wisdom H2451 , Thou H859 art my sister H269 ; and call H7121 understanding H998 thy kinswoman H4129 :
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5. Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery, away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
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5. That they may keep H8104 thee from the strange H2114 woman H4480 H802 , from the stranger H4480 H5237 which flattereth H2505 with her words H561 .
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6. Once while I was at the window of my house I looked out through the shutters
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6. For H3588 at the window H2474 of my house H1004 I looked H8259 through H1157 my casement H822 ,
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7. and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
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7. And beheld H7200 among the simple ones H6612 , I discerned H995 among the youths H1121 , a young man H5288 void H2638 of understanding H3820 ,
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8. He was walking down the street near the corner on the road leading to her house.
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8. Passing H5674 through the street H7784 near H681 her corner H6438 ; and he went H6805 the way H1870 to her house H1004 ,
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9. It was the twilight of the evening; the darkness of the night was just beginning.
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9. In the twilight H5399 , in the evening H6153 H3117 , in the black H380 and dark H653 night H3915 :
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10. Then the woman approached him, dressed like a prostitute and planning to trick him.
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10. And, behold H2009 , there met H7125 him a woman H802 with the attire H7897 of a harlot H2181 , and subtle H5341 of heart H3820 .
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11. She was loud and stubborn and never stayed at home.
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11. ( She H1931 is loud H1993 and stubborn H5637 ; her feet H7272 abide H7931 not H3808 in her house H1004 :
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12. She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets.
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12. Now H6471 is she without H2351 , now H6471 in the streets H7339 , and lieth in wait H693 at H681 every H3605 corner H6438 .)
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13. She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him,
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13. So she caught H2388 him , and kissed H5401 him, and with an impudent H5810 face H6440 said H559 unto him,
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14. "I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises.
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14. I have peace offerings H2077 H8002 with H5921 me ; this day H3117 have I paid H7999 my vows H5088 .
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15. So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.
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15. Therefore H5921 H3651 came I forth H3318 to meet H7125 thee , diligently to seek H7836 thy face H6440 , and I have found H4672 thee.
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16. I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt.
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16. I have decked H7234 my bed H6210 with coverings of tapestry H4765 , with carved H2405 works , with fine linen H330 of Egypt H4714 .
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17. I have made my bed smell sweet with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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17. I have perfumed H5130 my bed H4904 with myrrh H4753 , aloes H174 , and cinnamon H7076 .
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18. Come, let's make love until morning. Let's enjoy each other's love.
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18. Come H1980 , let us take our fill H7301 of love H1730 until H5704 the morning H1242 : let us solace ourselves H5965 with loves H159 .
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19. My husband is not home; he has gone on a long trip.
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19. For H3588 the goodman H376 is not H369 at home H1004 , he is gone H1980 a long H4480 H7350 journey H1870 :
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20. He took a lot of money with him and won't be home for weeks."
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20. He hath taken H3947 a bag H6872 of money H3701 with H3027 him, and will come H935 home H1004 at the day H3117 appointed H3677 .
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21. By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
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21. With her much H7230 fair speech H3948 she caused him to yield H5186 , with the flattering H2506 of her lips H8193 she forced H5080 him.
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22. All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap
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22. He goeth H1980 after H310 her straightway H6597 , as an ox H7794 goeth H935 to H413 the slaughter H2874 , or as a fool H191 to H413 the correction H4148 of the stocks H5914 ;
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23. and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn't know what he did would kill him.
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23. Till H5704 a dart H2671 strike through H6398 his liver H3516 ; as a bird H6833 hasteth H4116 to H413 the snare H6341 , and knoweth H3045 not H3808 that H3588 it H1931 is for his life H5315 .
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24. Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
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24. Hearken H8085 unto me now H6258 therefore , O ye children H1121 , and attend H7181 to the words H561 of my mouth H6310 .
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25. Don't let yourself be tricked by such a woman; don't go where she leads you.
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25. Let not H408 thine heart H3820 decline H7847 to H413 her ways H1870 , go not astray H8582 H408 in her paths H5410 .
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26. She has ruined many good men, and many have died because of her.
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26. For H3588 she hath cast down H5307 many H7227 wounded H2491 : yea, many H3605 strong H6099 men have been slain H2026 by her.
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27. Her house is on the road to death, the road that leads down to the grave.
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27. Her house H1004 is the way H1870 to hell H7585 , going down H3381 to H413 the chambers H2315 of death H4194 .
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