Dual Panel1My child <01121>, keep <08104> my words <0561> and treasure up <06845> my commands <04687> in <0854> your own keeping.
2Keep <08104> my commands <04687> so that you may live <02421>, and obey my instruction <08451> as your most prized possession <05869> <0380>.
3Bind <07194> them on <05921> your forearm <0676>; write <03789> them on <05921> the tablet <03871> of your heart <03820>.
4Say <0559> to wisdom <02451>, “You <0859> are my sister <0269>,” and call <07121> understanding <0998> a close relative <04129>,
5so that they may keep <08104> you from the adulterous <02114> woman <0802>, from the loose <05237> woman who flatters <02505> you with her words <0561>.
6For <03588> at the window <02474> of my house <01004> through <01157> my window lattice <0822> I looked out <08259>
7and I saw <07200> among the naive <06612>– I discerned <0995> among the youths <01121>– a young man <05288> who lacked <02638> wisdom <03820>.
8He was passing by <05674> the street <07784> near <0681> her corner <06438>, making <06805> his way <06805> along the road <01870> to her house <01004>
9in the twilight <05399>, the evening <03117> <06153>, in the dark <0653> of the night <03915>.
10Suddenly a woman <0802> came out to meet <07125> him! She was dressed <07897> like a prostitute <02181> and with secret <05341> intent <03820>.
11(She is loud <01993> and rebellious <05637>, she does not <03808> remain <07931> at home <01004>–
12at one time <06471> outside <02351>, at another <06471> in the wide plazas <07339>, and by <0681> every <03605> corner <06438> she lies in wait <0693>.)
13So she grabbed <02388> him and kissed <05401> him, and with a bold <05810> expression <06440> she said <0559> to him,
14“I have fresh meat <08002> at <05921> home; today <03117> I have fulfilled <07999> my vows <05088>!
15That is why <03651> <05921> I came out <03318> to meet <07125> you, to look for <07836> you, and I found <04672> you!
16I have spread <07234> my bed <06210> with elegant coverings <04765>, with richly <0330> colored <02405> fabric <0330> from Egypt <04714>.
17I have perfumed <05130> my bed <04904> with myrrh <04753>, aloes <0174>, and cinnamon <07076>.
18Come <01980>, let’s drink deeply <07301> of lovemaking <01730> until <05704> morning <01242>, let’s delight ourselves <05965> with sexual intercourse <0159>.
19For <03588> my husband <0376> is not <0369> at home <01004>; he has gone <01980> on a journey <01870> of some distance <07350>.
20He has taken <03947> a bag <06872> of money <03701> with him <03027>; he will not return <01004> <0935> until the end of the month <03677>.”
21She persuaded <05186> him with persuasive <03948> words; with her smooth <02506> talk <08193> she compelled <05080> him.
22Suddenly <06597> he went <01980> after <0310> her like an ox <07794> that goes <0935> to <0413> the slaughter <02874>, like a stag prancing <05914> into <0413> a trapper’s snare <0191>
23till <05704> an arrow <02671> pierces <06398> his liver <03516>– like a bird <06833> hurrying <04116> into <0413> a trap <06341>, and he does not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> it <01931> will cost him his life <05315>.
24So now <06258>, sons <01121>, listen <08085> to me, and pay attention <07181> to the words <0561> I speak <06310>.
25Do not <0408> let your heart <03820> turn aside <07847> to <0413> her ways <01870>– do not <0408> wander <08582> into her pathways <05410>;
26for <03588> she has brought down <05307> many <07227> fatally <06099> wounded <02491>, and all <03605> those she has slain <02026> are many.
27Her house <01004> is the way <01870> to the grave <07585>, going down <03381> to <0413> the chambers <02315> of death <04194>.