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¹ My son, remember what I say, and treasure my commands.
² Obey my commands, and you will live.
    Guard my teachings as you would your own eyes.
³ Remind yourself of them;
    write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
⁴ Treat wisdom as a sister,
    and make understanding your closest friend.
⁵ Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery,
    away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.

⁶ Once while I was at the window of my house
    I looked out through the shutters
⁷ and saw some foolish, young men.
    I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
⁸ He was walking down the street near the corner
    on the road leading to her house.
⁹ It was the twilight of the evening;
    the darkness of the night was just beginning.
¹⁰ Then the woman approached him,
    dressed like a prostitute
    and planning to trick him.
¹¹ She was loud and stubborn
    and never stayed at home.
¹² She was always out in the streets or in the city squares,
    waiting around on the corners of the streets.
¹³ She grabbed him and kissed him.
    Without shame she said to him,
¹⁴ "I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home.
    Today I have kept my special promises.
¹⁵ So I have come out to meet you;
    I have been looking for you and have found you.
¹⁶ I have covered my bed
    with colored sheets from Egypt.
¹⁷ I have made my bed smell sweet
    with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let's make love until morning.
    Let's enjoy each other's love.
¹⁹ My husband is not home;
    he has gone on a long trip.
²⁰ He took a lot of money with him
    and won't be home for weeks."
²¹ By her clever words she made him give in;
    by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
²² All at once he followed her,
    like an ox led to the butcher,
like a deer caught in a trap
²³ and shot through the liver with an arrow.
Like a bird caught in a trap,
    he didn't know what he did would kill him.

²⁴ Now, my sons, listen to me;
    pay attention to what I say.
²⁵ Don't let yourself be tricked by such a woman;
    don't go where she leads you.
²⁶ She has ruined many good men,
    and many have died because of her.
²⁷ Her house is on the road to death,
    the road that leads down to the grave.