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| 7:1 | My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee. |
| 7:2 | Keepe my commandements, and liue: and my law as the apple of thine eye. |
| 7:3 | Bind them vpon thy fingers, write them vpon the table of thine heart. |
| 7:4 | Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman, |
| 7:5 | That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. |
| 7:6 | For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement, |
| 7:7 | And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding, |
| 7:8 | Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house, |
| 7:9 | In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night: |
| 7:10 | And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart. |
| 7:11 | (She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house: |
| 7:12 | Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.) |
| 7:13 | So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him, |
| 7:14 | I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes. |
| 7:15 | Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee. |
| 7:16 | I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt. |
| 7:17 | I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom. |
| 7:18 | Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning, let vs solace our selues with loues. |
| 7:19 | For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney. |
| 7:20 | He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. |
| 7:21 | With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. |
| 7:22 | He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks, |
| 7:23 | Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
| 7:24 | Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. |
| 7:25 | Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths. |
| 7:26 | For shee hath cast downe many wounded: yea many strong men haue bene slaine by her. |
| 7:27 | Her house is the way to hell, going downe to the chambers of death. |
| 7:1 | My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee |
| 7:2 | Kepe my commaundementes & my lawe, euen as the apple of thyne eye, and thou shalt liue |
| 7:3 | Binde them vpon thy fingers, and wryte them in the table of thyne heart |
| 7:4 | Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman |
| 7:5 | That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes |
| 7:6 | For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe |
| 7:7 | And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt |
| 7:8 | Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her hous |
| 7:9 | In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke |
| 7:10 | And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid |
| 7:11 | She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house |
| 7:12 | Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner |
| 7:13 | She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying |
| 7:14 | I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it |
| 7:15 | Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee |
| 7:16 | I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt |
| 7:17 | My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon |
| 7:18 | Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue |
| 7:19 | For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of |
| 7:20 | He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast |
| 7:21 | Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym |
| 7:22 | Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished |
| 7:23 | So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon |
| 7:24 | Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth |
| 7:25 | Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes |
| 7:26 | For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her |
| 7:27 | Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death |
| 7:1 | My sonne, keepe my wordes, and hide my commandements with thee. |
| 7:2 | Keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue, and mine instruction as the apple of thine eyes. |
| 7:3 | Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart. |
| 7:4 | Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman, |
| 7:5 | That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes. |
| 7:6 | As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe, |
| 7:7 | And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding, |
| 7:8 | Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house, |
| 7:9 | In the twilight in the euening, when the night began to be blacke and darke. |
| 7:10 | And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart. |
| 7:11 | (She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house. |
| 7:12 | Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner) |
| 7:13 | So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him, |
| 7:14 | I haue peace offerings: this day haue I payed my vowes. |
| 7:15 | Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee. |
| 7:16 | I haue deckt my bed with ornaments, carpets and laces of Egypt. |
| 7:17 | I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom. |
| 7:18 | Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance. |
| 7:19 | For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a iourney farre off. |
| 7:20 | He hath taken with him a bagge of siluer, and will come home at the day appointed. |
| 7:21 | Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him. |
| 7:22 | And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction, |
| 7:23 | Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger. |
| 7:24 | Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth. |
| 7:25 | Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths. |
| 7:26 | For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her. |
| 7:27 | Her house is the way vnto ye graue, which goeth downe to the chambers of death. |
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