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The Wiles of a Harlot
My son, keep my words,
And treasure my commands within you.
My son, keep my words,
And treasure my commands within you.
Warnings about the Adulteress
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commands and live,
And my law as the apple of your eye.
And my law as the apple of your eye.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your nearest kin,
And call understanding your nearest kin,
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the seductress who flatters with her words.
From the seductress who flatters with her words.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
The Crafty Harlot
For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
For at the window of my house
I looked through my lattice,
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Passing along the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house
And he took the path to her house
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening,
In the black and dark night.
In the black and dark night.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
And there a woman met him,
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
With the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
She was loud and rebellious,
Her feet would not stay at home.
Her feet would not stay at home.
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
At times she was outside, at times in the open square,
Lurking at every corner.
Lurking at every corner.
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
“I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.
Today I have paid my vows.
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
So I came out to meet you,
Diligently to seek your face,
And I have found you.
Diligently to seek your face,
And I have found you.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have spread my bed with tapestry,
Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
Colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
Let us delight ourselves with love.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Now therefore, listen to me, my children;
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths;
Do not stray into her paths;
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For she has cast down many wounded,
And all who were slain by her were strong men.
And all who were slain by her were strong men.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.