# Proverbs 7

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] My son, keep my words
and treasure my commandments within you. [2] Keep my commandments and live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. [3] Tie them to your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart. [4] Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your kinsman, [5] that they may keep you from the adulteress,
from the stranger with seductive words. [6] For at the window of my house
I looked through the lattice. [7] I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking judgment, [8] crossing the street near her corner,
strolling down the road to her house, [9] at twilight, as the day was fading
into the dark of the night. [10] Then a woman came out to meet him,
with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. [11] She is loud and defiant;
her feet do not remain at home. [12] Now in the street, now in the squares,
she lurks at every corner. [13] She seizes him and kisses him;
she brazenly says to him: [14] “I have made my peace offerings;
today I have paid my vows. [15] So I came out to meet you;
I sought you, and I have found you. [16] I have decked my bed with coverings,
with colored linen from Egypt. [17] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
with aloes, and with cinnamon. [18] Come, let us take our fill of love till morning.
Let us delight in loving caresses! [19] For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey. [20] He took with him a bag of money
and will not return till the moon is full.” [21] With her great persuasion she entices him;
with her flattering lips she lures him. [22] He follows her on impulse,
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding into a trap, [23] until an arrow pierces his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
not knowing it will cost him his life. [24] Now, my sons, listen to me,
and attend to the words of my mouth. [25] Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths. [26] For she has brought many down to death;
her slain are many in number. [27] Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.

## Places in this chapter

- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt

## Each verse

- Proverbs 7:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/1
- Proverbs 7:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/2
- Proverbs 7:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/3
- Proverbs 7:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/4
- Proverbs 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/5
- Proverbs 7:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/6
- Proverbs 7:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/7
- Proverbs 7:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/8
- Proverbs 7:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/9
- Proverbs 7:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/10
- Proverbs 7:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/11
- Proverbs 7:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/12
- Proverbs 7:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/13
- Proverbs 7:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/14
- Proverbs 7:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/15
- Proverbs 7:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/16
- Proverbs 7:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/17
- Proverbs 7:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/18
- Proverbs 7:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/19
- Proverbs 7:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/20
- Proverbs 7:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/21
- Proverbs 7:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/22
- Proverbs 7:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/23
- Proverbs 7:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/24
- Proverbs 7:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/25
- Proverbs 7:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/26
- Proverbs 7:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/7/27