God’s Word
For Everyday Life

My son, keep my words.

Keep my commandments and live!

Bind them on your fingers.

Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”

that they may keep you from the strange woman,

For at the window of my house,

I saw amongst the simple ones.

passing through the street near her corner,

in the twilight, in the evening of the day,

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,

She is loud and defiant.

Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,

So she caught him, and kissed him.

“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.

Therefore I came out to meet you,

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.

For my husband isn’t at home.

He has taken a bag of money with him.

With persuasive words, she led him astray.

He followed her immediately,

Until an arrow strikes through his liver,

Now therefore, sons, listen to me.

Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.

for she has thrown down many wounded.

Her house is the way to Sheol,