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7:11. Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
7:12. Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the
corners.
7:13. And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent
face, flattereth, saying:
7:14. I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
7:15. Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I
have found thee.
7:16. I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted
tapestry, brought from Egypt.
7:17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18. Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the
desired embraces, till the day appear.
7:19. For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
7:20. He took with him a bag of money: he will return home the day of
the full moon.
7:21. She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the
flattery of her lips.
7:22. Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a
lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to
bonds,
7:23. Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to
the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
7:24. Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my
mouth.
7:25. Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou
deceived with her paths.
7:26. For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been
slain by her.
7:27. Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers
of death.
Proverbs Chapter 8
The preaching of wisdom. Her excellence.
8:1. Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
8:2. Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst
of the paths,
8:3. Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh,
saying:
8:4. O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
8:5. O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice.
8:6. Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened
to preach right things.
8:7. My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
8:8. All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in
them.
8:9. They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find
knowledge.
8:10. Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather
than gold.
8:11. For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and
whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
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