{"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/drb/proverbs/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T09:20:22.555Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 precepts with thee. Son, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye: "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice, "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man, "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night, "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering, "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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, "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 7 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 7](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/7 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}