¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Cross refs

² Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Cross refs

³ Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Cross refs

⁴ Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: Cross refs

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Cross refs

⁶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, Cross refs

⁷ And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Cross refs

⁸ Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, Cross refs

⁹ In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: Cross refs

¹⁰ And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. Cross refs

¹¹ (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Cross refs

¹² Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) Cross refs

¹³ So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, Cross refs

¹⁴ I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Cross refs

¹⁵ Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. Cross refs

¹⁶ I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. Cross refs

¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Cross refs

¹⁸ Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. Cross refs

¹⁹ For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: Cross refs

²⁰ He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. Cross refs

²¹ With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. Cross refs

²² He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Cross refs

²³ Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Cross refs

²⁴ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Cross refs

²⁵ Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Cross refs

²⁶ For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Cross refs

²⁷ Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Cross refs