{"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/kjv/proverbs/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:18:12.081Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>art</i> my sister; and call understanding <i>thy</i> kinswoman:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger <i>which</i> flattereth with her words."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And 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, in the black and dark night:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And, behold, there met him a woman <i>with</i> the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"(She <i>is</i> loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now <i>is she</i> without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"So she caught him, and kissed him, <i>and</i> with an impudent face said unto him,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"<i>I have</i> peace offerings with me; this day have I payed 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 decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved <i>works</i>, with fine linen 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 <i>is</i> not at home, he is gone a long journey:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He hath taken a bag of money with him, <i>and</i> will come home at the day appointed."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it <i>is</i> for his life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, 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, many strong <i>men</i> have been slain by her."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Her house <i>is</i> the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 7 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 7](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/7 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}