Proverbs

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7:7 bbeI saw among the young men one without sense,
7:12 bbeNow she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
7:25 bbeLet not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.
7:5 bbeSo that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
7:9 bbeAt nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.
7:23 bbeLike a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
7:2 bbeKeep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
7:24 bbeSo now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;
7:3 bbeLet them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.
7:8 bbeWalking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,
7:21 bbeWith her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
7:27 bbeHer house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.
7:13 bbeSo she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
7:26 bbeFor those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army.
7:4 bbeSay to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
7:1 bbeMy son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
7:20 bbeHe has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.
7:19 bbeFor the master of the house is away on a long journey:
7:6 bbeLooking out from my house, and watching through the window,
7:15 bbeSo I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.
7:17 bbeI have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.
7:18 bbeCome, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.
7:22 bbeThe simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
7:16 bbeMy bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
7:10 bbeAnd the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;
7:11 bbeShe is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.
7:14 bbeI have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.