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Proverbs 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 31

1 My son, keep my words and treasure up My commands within you.

2 Keep My commands and live, and keep My Law as the pupil of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinswoman,

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Chapter Summary

Wisdom says: Keep My words and store them.

Key Hebrew Words

חׇכְמָה wisdom H2451 · TWOT 647a
זוּר strange woman H2114 · TWOT 542
זָנָה play the harlot H2181 · TWOT 563
שָׁמַר keep H8104 · TWOT 2414
נֶ֫דֶר vow H5088 · TWOT 1308a
שְׁאוֹל Sheol H7585 · TWOT 2303c

Timeline

Observation from the Lattice

The speaker looks through his window lattice and observes a foolish young man walking near the corner of a strange woman's house at twilight.

Proverbs 7:6-9
The Seductress Meets the Young Man

A loud and stubborn woman dressed as an adulteress meets the young man in the street, seizes him, and kisses him.

Proverbs 7:10-13
The Temptation

The woman tells the young man she has completed peace offerings, spread her bed with Egyptian linens and spices, and that her husband is away with a bag of silver.

Proverbs 7:14-20

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