1My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.¶ 2Keep my commandments and live! 3Bind them on your fingers. 4Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." 5that they may keep you from the strange woman, 6For at the window of my house, 7I saw among the simple ones. 8passing through the street near her corner, 9in the twilight, in the evening of the day, 10Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, 11She is loud and defiant. 12Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, 13So she caught him, and kissed him. 14"Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. 15Therefore I came out to meet you, 16I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.¶ 18Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. 19For my husband isn't at home. 20He has taken a bag of money with him. 21With persuasive words, she led him astray. 22He followed her immediately, 23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, 24Now therefore, sons, listen to me. 25Do not let your heart turn to her ways. 26for she has thrown down many wounded. 27Her house is the way to Sheol,