{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T03:16:56.785Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Now therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 7 (ASV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 7](https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/7 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}