Proverbs 7 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Warning Against the Adulteress

1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; (Pr 2:1) 2 keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; (De 32:10; Pr 4:4) 3 bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. (Pr 3:3) 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, 5 to keep you from the forbidden^[1] woman, from the adulteress^[2] with her smooth words. (Pr 2:16) 6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, (Jud 5:28) 7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, (Pr 1:4; Pr 6:32) 8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house (Pr 7:12) 9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. (Job 24:15; Pr 20:20) 10 And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.^[3] (Ge 38:14) 11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; (Pr 9:13; Ho 4:16; 1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5)

Pr 9:13Ho 4:161Ti 5:13Tit 2:5

12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. (Pr 7:8; Pr 23:28) 13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, (Pr 21:29) 14 “I had to offer sacrifices,^[4] and today I have paid my vows; (Le 7:11; Ps 50:14) 15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you. 16 I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen; (Pr 31:22; Isa 19:9) 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (Ex 30:23; Ps 45:8) 18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; (Mt 20:11) 20 he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.” 21 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. (Ps 12:2; Pr 5:3; Pr 6:24) 22 All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast^[5] 23 till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. (Ec 9:12) 24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. (Pr 4:1) 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, 26 for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. (Jud 16:1; Ne 13:26) 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. (Pr 2:18; Pr 5:5; Pr 9:18)

الكتاب المقدس

تحذير من إغواء الزانية

1 يَا ابْنِي احْفَظْ أَقْوَالِي وَاذْخَرْ وَصَايَايَ مَعَكَ. 2 أَطِعْ وَصَايَايَ فَتَحْيَا، وَصُنْ شَرِيعَتِي كَحَدَقَةِ عَيْنِكَ. 3 اعْصِبْهَا عَلَى أَصَابِعِكَ، وَاكْتُبْهَا عَلَى صَفْحَاتِ قَلْبِكَ. 4 قُلْ لِلْحِكْمَةِ: أَنْتِ أُخْتِي، وَلِلْفِطْنَةِ: أَنْتِ قَرِيبَتِي. 5 فَهُمَا تَحْفَظَانِكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ، وَالزَّوْجَةِ الْفَاسِقَةِ الَّتِي تَتَمَلَّقُ بِكَلامِهَا. 6 فَإِنِّي أَشْرَفْتُ مِنْ كُوَّةِ بَيْتِي، وَأَطْلَلْتُ مِنْ خِلالِ نَافِذَتِي، 7 فَشَاهَدْتُ بَيْنَ الْبَنِينَ الْحَمْقَى شَابّاً مُجَرَّداً مِنَ الْفَهْمِ، 8 يَجْتَازُ الطَّرِيقَ صَوْبَ الْمُنْعَطَفِ، بِاتِّجَاهِ الشَّارِعِ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى بَيْتِهَا. 9 عِنْدَ الْغَسَقِ فِي الْمَسَاءِ تَحْتَ جُنْحِ اللَّيْلِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ. 10 فَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ تَسْتَقْبِلُهُ فِي زِيِّ زَانِيَةٍ وَقَلْبٍ مُخَادِعٍ. 11 صَخَّابَةٌ وَجَامِحَةٌ لَا تَسْتَقِرُّ قَدَمَاهَا فِي بَيْتِهَا. 12 تَرَاهَا تَارَةً فِي الْخَارِجِ، وَطَوْراً فِي سَاحَاتِ الأَسْوَاقِ، تَكْمُنُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مُنْعَطَفٍ. 13 فَأَمْسَكَتْهُ وَقَبَّلَتْهُ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ بِوَجْهٍ وَقِحٍ: 14 «كَانَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُقَدِّمَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، فَأَوْفَيْتُ الْيَوْمَ نُذُورِي. 15 وَقَدْ خَرَجْتُ لاِسْتِقْبَالِكَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ بَحَثْتُ بِشَوْقٍ عَنْكَ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُكَ. 16 قَدْ فَرَشْتُ سَرِيرِي بِأَغْطِيَةٍ كَتَّانِيَّةٍ مُوَشَّاةٍ مِنْ مِصْرَ، 17 وَعَطَّرْتُ فِرَاشِي بِطِيبِ الْمُرِّ وَالْقِرْفَةِ. 18 فَتَعَالَ لِنَرْتَوِيَ مِنَ الْحُبِّ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ، وَنَتَلَذَّذَ بِمُتَعِ الْغَرَامِ. 19 فَإِنَّ زَوْجِي لَيْسَ فِي الْبَيْتِ، قَدْ مَضَى فِي رِحْلَةٍ بَعِيدَةٍ. 20 وَأَخَذَ مَعَهُ صُرَّةً مُكْتَنِزَةً بِالْمَالِ، وَلَنْ يَعُودَ إِلّا عِنْدَ اكْتِمَالِ الْبَدْرِ». 21 فَأَغْوَتْهُ بِكَثْرَةِ أَفَانِينِ كَلامِهَا، وَرَنَّحَتْهُ بِتَمَلُّقِ شَفَتَيْهَا. 22 فَمَضَى عَلَى التَّوِّ فِي إِثْرِهَا، كَثَوْرٍ مَسُوقٍ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ، أَوْ أَيِّلٍ وَقَعَ فِي فَخٍّ. 23 إِلَى أَنْ يَنْفُذَ سَهْمٌ فِي كَبِدِهِ، وَيَكُونَ كَعُصْفُورٍ مُنْدَفِعٍ إِلَى شَرَكٍ، لَا يَدْرِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ نُصِبَ لِلْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِ. 24 وَالآنَ أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا الأَبْنَاءُ، وَأَرْهِفُوا آذَانَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْوَالِ فَمِي: 25 لَا تَجْنَحْ قُلُوبُكُمْ نَحْوَ طُرُقِهَا، وَلا تُحَوِّمْ فِي دُرُوبِهَا. 26 فَمَا أَكْثَرَ الَّذِينَ طَرَحَتْهُمْ مُثْخَنِينَ بِالْجِرَاحِ، وَجَمِيعُ صَرْعَاهَا أَقْوِيَاءُ. 27 إِنَّ بَيْتَهَا هُوَ طَرِيقُ الْهَاوِيَةِ الْمُؤَدِّي إِلَى مَخَادِعِ الْمَوْتِ.