{"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/ylt/proverbs/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:14:32.822Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 sayings, And my commands lay up with thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) — "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The ways of Sheol — her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 7 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 7](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/7 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}