My son,{H1121} keep{H8104} my words,{H561} And lay up{H6845} my commandments{H4687} with thee.

Keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and live;{H2421} And my law{H8451} as the apple{H380} of thine eye.{H5869}

Bind{H7194} them upon thy fingers;{H676} Write{H3789} them upon the tablet{H3871} of thy heart.{H3820}

Say{H559} unto wisdom,{H2451} Thou art my sister;{H269} And call{H7121} understanding{H998} [thy] kinswoman:{H4129}

That they may keep{H8104} thee from the strange{H2114} woman,{H802} From the foreigner{H5237} that flattereth{H2505} with her words.{H561}

For at the window{H2474} of my house{H1004} I looked{H8259} forth through my lattice;{H822}

And I beheld{H7200} among the simple ones,{H6612} I discerned{H995} among the youths,{H1121} A young man{H5288} void{H2638} of understanding,{H3820}

Passing through{H5674} the street{H7784} near{H681} her corner;{H6434} And he went{H6805} the way{H1870} to her house,{H1004}

In the twilight,{H5399} in the evening{H3117} of the day, In the middle{H380} of the night{H3915} and in the darkness.{H653}

And, behold, there met{H7125} him a woman{H802} With the attire{H7897} of a harlot,{H2181} and wily{H5341} of heart.{H3820}

(She is clamorous{H1993} and wilful;{H5637} Her feet{H7272} abide{H7931} not in her house:{H1004}

Now{H6471} she is in the streets,{H7339} now{H6471} in the broad{H7339} places, And lieth in wait{H693} at{H681} every corner.){H6438}

So she caught{H2388} him, and kissed{H5401} him, [And] with an impudent{H5810} face{H6440} she said{H559} unto him:

Sacrifices{H8002} of peace-offerings{H2077} are with me; This day{H3117} have I paid{H7999} my vows.{H5088}

Therefore came I forth{H3318} to meet{H7125} thee, Diligently to seek{H7836} thy face,{H6440} and I have found{H4672} thee.

I have spread{H7234} my couch{H6210} with carpets{H4765} of tapestry, With striped{H2405} cloths of the yarn{H330} of Egypt.{H4714}

I have perfumed{H5130} my bed{H4904} With myrrh,{H4753} aloes,{H174} and cinnamon.{H7076}

Come,{H3212} let us take our fill{H7301} of love{H1730} until the morning;{H1242} Let us solace{H5965} ourselves with loves.{H159}

For the man{H376} is not at home;{H1004} He is gone{H1980} a long{H7350} journey:{H1870}

He hath taken{H3947} a bag{H6872} of money{H3701} with him;{H3027} He will come{H935} home{H1004} at the full{H3117} moon.{H3677}

With her much{H7230} fair speech{H3948} she causeth him to yield;{H5186} With the flattering{H2506} of her lips{H8193} she forceth{H5080} him along.

He goeth{H1980} after{H310} her straightway,{H6597} As an ox{H7794} goeth{H935} to the slaughter,{H2874} Or as [one in] fetters{H5914} to the correction{H4148} of the fool;{H191}

Till an arrow{H2671} strike{H6398} through his liver;{H3516} As a bird{H6833} hasteth{H4116} to the snare,{H6341} And knoweth{H3045} not that it is for his life.{H5315}

Now therefore, [my] sons,{H1121} hearken{H8085} unto me, And attend{H7181} to the words{H561} of my mouth.{H6310}

Let not thy heart{H3820} decline{H7847} to her ways;{H1870} Go not astray{H8582} in her paths.{H5410}

For she hath cast down{H5307} many{H7227} wounded:{H2491} Yea, all her slain{H2026} are a mighty{H6099} host.

Her house{H1004} is the way{H1870} to Sheol,{H7585} Going down{H3381} to the chambers{H2315} of death.{H4194}