{"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/erv/proverbs/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:17:20.547Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 table of thine 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 stranger which 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 blackness of night and the darkness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an 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 goodman 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 away."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as 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 thine 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 7](https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}