My son,¹¹²¹ keep⁸¹⁰⁴ my words,⁵⁶¹ and lay up⁶⁸⁴⁵ my commandments⁴⁶⁸⁷ with thee.

Keep⁸¹⁰⁴ my commandments,⁴⁶⁸⁷ and live;²⁴²¹ and my law⁸⁴⁵¹ as the apple³⁸⁰ of thine eye.⁵⁸⁶⁹

Bind⁷¹⁹⁴ them upon thy fingers,⁶⁷⁶ write³⁷⁸⁹ them upon the table³⁸⁷¹ of thine heart.³⁸²⁰

Say⁵⁵⁹ unto wisdom,²⁴⁵¹ Thou art my sister;²⁶⁹ and call⁷¹²¹ understanding⁹⁹⁸ thy kinswoman:⁴¹²⁹

That they may keep⁸¹⁰⁴ thee from the strange²¹¹⁴ woman,⁸⁰² from the stranger⁵²³⁷ which flattereth²⁵⁰⁵ with her words.⁵⁶¹

For at the window²⁴⁷⁴ of my house¹⁰⁰⁴ I looked⁸²⁵⁹ through my casement,⁸²²

And beheld⁷²⁰⁰ among the simple ones,⁶⁶¹² I discerned⁹⁹⁵ among the youths,¹¹²¹ a young man⁵²⁸⁸ void²⁶³⁸ of understanding,³⁸²⁰

Passing⁵⁶⁷⁴ through the street⁷⁷⁸⁴ near⁶⁸¹ her corner;⁶⁴³⁴ and he went⁶⁸⁰⁵ the way¹⁸⁷⁰ to her house,¹⁰⁰⁴

In the twilight,⁵³⁹⁹ in the evening,³¹¹⁷ in the black³⁸⁰ and dark⁶⁵³ night:³⁹¹⁵

And, behold, there met⁷¹²⁵ him a woman⁸⁰² with the attire⁷⁸⁹⁷ of an harlot,²¹⁸¹ and subtil⁵³⁴¹ of heart.³⁸²⁰

(She is loud¹⁹⁹³ and stubborn;⁵⁶³⁷ her feet⁷²⁷² abide⁷⁹³¹ not in her house:¹⁰⁰⁴

Now⁶⁴⁷¹ is she without,²³⁵¹ now⁶⁴⁷¹ in the streets,⁷³³⁹ and lieth in wait⁶⁹³ at⁶⁸¹ every corner.)⁶⁴³⁸

So she caught²³⁸⁸ him, and kissed⁵⁴⁰¹ him, and with an impudent⁵⁸¹⁰ face⁶⁴⁴⁰ said⁵⁵⁹ unto him,

I have peace⁸⁰⁰² offerings²⁰⁷⁷ with me; this day³¹¹⁷ have I payed⁷⁹⁹⁹ my vows.⁵⁰⁸⁸

Therefore came I forth³³¹⁸ to meet⁷¹²⁵ thee, diligently to seek⁷⁸³⁶ thy face,⁶⁴⁴⁰ and I have found⁴⁶⁷² thee.

I have decked⁷²³⁴ my bed⁶²¹⁰ with coverings of tapestry,⁴⁷⁶⁵ with carved²⁴⁰⁵ works, with fine linen³³⁰ of Egypt.⁴⁷¹⁴

I have perfumed⁵¹³⁰ my bed⁴⁹⁰⁴ with myrrh,⁴⁷⁵³ aloes,¹⁷⁴ and cinnamon.⁷⁰⁷⁶

Come,³²¹² let us take our fill⁷³⁰¹ of love¹⁷³⁰ until the morning:¹²⁴² let us solace⁵⁹⁶⁵ ourselves with loves.¹⁵⁹

For the goodman³⁷⁶ is not at home,¹⁰⁰⁴ he is gone¹⁹⁸⁰ a long⁷³⁵⁰ journey:¹⁸⁷⁰

He hath taken³⁹⁴⁷ a bag⁶⁸⁷² of money³⁷⁰¹ with him,³⁰²⁷ and will come⁹³⁵ home¹⁰⁰⁴ at the day³¹¹⁷ appointed.³⁶⁷⁷

With her much⁷²³⁰ fair speech³⁹⁴⁸ she caused him to yield,⁵¹⁸⁶ with the flattering²⁵⁰⁶ of her lips⁸¹⁹³ she forced⁵⁰⁸⁰ him.

He goeth¹⁹⁸⁰ after³¹⁰ her straightway,⁶⁵⁹⁷ as an ox⁷⁷⁹⁴ goeth⁹³⁵ to the slaughter,²⁸⁷⁴ or as a fool¹⁹¹ to the correction⁴¹⁴⁸ of the stocks;⁵⁹¹⁴

Till a dart²⁶⁷¹ strike through⁶³⁹⁸ his liver;³⁵¹⁶ as a bird⁶⁸³³ hasteth⁴¹¹⁶ to the snare,⁶³⁴¹ and knoweth³⁰⁴⁵ not that it is for his life.⁵³¹⁵

Hearken⁸⁰⁸⁵ unto me now therefore, O ye children,¹¹²¹ and attend⁷¹⁸¹ to the words⁵⁶¹ of my mouth.⁶³¹⁰

Let not thine heart³⁸²⁰ decline⁷⁸⁴⁷ to her ways,¹⁸⁷⁰ go not astray⁸⁵⁸² in her paths.⁵⁴¹⁰

For she hath cast down⁵³⁰⁷ many⁷²²⁷ wounded:²⁴⁹¹ yea, many strong⁶⁰⁹⁹ men have been slain²⁰²⁶ by her.

Her house¹⁰⁰⁴ is the way¹⁸⁷⁰ to the grave,⁷⁵⁸⁵ going down³³⁸¹ to the chambers²³¹⁵ of death.⁴¹⁹⁴