| 1 | My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. | Pr 1:8 Pr 3:1 |
| 2 | Keep my commandments and live; Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. | Pr 4:13 Lv 18:5 Isa 55:3 Jn 12:49 Jn 12:50 Jn 14:21 Jn 15:14 1Jn 2:3 1Jn 2:4 1Jn 5:1-3 Rev 22:14 |
| 3 | Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. | Pr 3:3 Pr 6:21 Dt 6:8 Dt 6:9 Dt 11:18-20 Isa 30:8 Jer 17:1 Jer 31:33 2Co 3:3 |
| 4 | Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative, | Pr 2:2-4 Pr 4:6-8 |
| 5 | That they may keep you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. | Pr 2:16 Pr 5:3 Pr 6:24 |
| 6 | For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice. | Gn 26:8 2Sa 6:16 |
| 7 | I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, | Pr 1:4 Pr 1:22 Pr 1:32 Pr 8:5 Pr 14:15 Pr 14:18 Pr 19:25 Pr 22:3 Pr 27:12 Ps 19:7 Ps 119:130 Ro 16:18 Ro 16:19 |
| 8 | Passing through the street near her corner, He went the way to her house, | Pr 4:14 Pr 4:15 Pr 5:8 Jg 16:1 2Sa 11:2 2Sa 11:3 1Co 6:18 2Ti 2:22 Jud 1:23 |
| 9 | In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. | Gn 39:11 Jb 24:13-15 Ro 13:12-14 Eph 5:11 |
| 10 | Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent. | Gn 38:14 Gn 38:15 2Ki 9:22 2Ki 9:30 Isa 3:16-24 Isa 23:16 Jer 4:30 1Ti 2:9 Rev 17:3-5 |
| 11 | She is loud and defiant. Her feet don`t stay in her house. | Pr 9:13 Pr 25:24 Pr 27:14 Pr 27:15 Pr 31:10-31 |
| 12 | Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner. | Pr 9:14 Pr 23:28 Jer 2:20 Jer 2:33 Jer 2:36 Jer 3:2 Ezk 16:24 Ezk 16:25 Ezk 16:31 Rev 18:3 Rev 18:23 |
| 13 | So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: | Gn 39:7 Gn 39:12 Nm 25:1 Nm 25:6-8 Nm 31:16 Ezk 16:33 Rev 2:20 |
| 14 | "Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. | Pr 15:8 Pr 17:1 Pr 21:27 Lv 7:15 Dt 12:6 Dt 12:7 |
| 15 | Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I have found you. |
| 16 | I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. | So 1:16 So 3:7-10 Rev 2:22 |
| 17 | I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | So 3:6 Isa 57:7-9 |
| 18 | Come, let`s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let`s solace ourselves with loving. |
| 19 | For my husband isn`t at home. He has gone on a long journey. | Mt 20:11 Mt 24:43 Lk 12:39 |
| 20 | He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." | 2Ch 2:4 |
| 21 | With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. | Pr 7:5 Pr 5:3 Jg 16:15-17 Ps 12:2 |
| 22 | He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose. | Ac 14:13 |
| 23 | Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn`t know that it will cost his life. | Nm 25:8 Nm 25:9 |
| 24 | Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. | Pr 4:1 Pr 5:7 Pr 8:32 Pr 8:33 1Co 4:14 1Co 4:15 Ga 4:19 1Jn 2:1 |
| 25 | Don`t let your heart turn to her ways. Don`t go astray in her paths, | Pr 4:14 Pr 4:15 Pr 5:8 Pr 6:25 Pr 23:31-33 Mt 5:28 |
| 26 | For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host. | Pr 6:33 Jg 16:21 2Sa 3:6-8 2Sa 3:27-8 2Sa 12:9-11 1Ki 11:1 1Ki 11:2 Ne 13:26 1Co 10:8 2Co 12:21 1Pe 2:11 |
| 27 | Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death. | Pr 2:18 Pr 2:19 Pr 5:5 Pr 9:18 Ec 7:26 |
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