Proverbs 7 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 7:1 (BSB)
My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

Proverbs 7:2 (BSB)
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Proverbs 7:3 (BSB)
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 7:4 (BSB)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

Proverbs 7:5 (BSB)
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Proverbs 7:6 (BSB)
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Proverbs 7:7 (BSB)
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Proverbs 7:8 (BSB)
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

Proverbs 7:9 (BSB)
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

Proverbs 7:10 (BSB)
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 7:11 (BSB)
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

Proverbs 7:12 (BSB)
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

Proverbs 7:13 (BSB)
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

Proverbs 7:14 (BSB)
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.

Proverbs 7:15 (BSB)
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7:16 (BSB)
I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.

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

Proverbs 7:18 (BSB)
Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!

Proverbs 7:19 (BSB)
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

Proverbs 7:20 (BSB)
He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

Proverbs 7:21 (BSB)
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Proverbs 7:22 (BSB)
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Proverbs 7:23 (BSB)
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 7:24 (BSB)
Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:25 (BSB)
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

Proverbs 7:26 (BSB)
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Proverbs 7:27 (BSB)
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

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