The Way of The Hunter of Souls (Yours and Mine) Pro 7:1 MY SON, keep my words; lay up within you my commandments [for use when needed] and treasure them. Pro 7:2 Keep my commandments and live, and keep my law and teaching as the apple (the pupil) of your eye. Pro 7:3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Pro 7:4 Say to skillful and godly Wisdom, You are my sister, and regard understanding or insight as your intimate friend-- Pro 7:5 That they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adventuress who flatters with and makes smooth her words. Pro 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice. Pro 7:7 And among the simple (empty-headed and emptyhearted) ones, I perceived among the youths a young man void of good sense, Pro 7:8 Sauntering through the street near the [loose womans] corner; and he went the way to her house Pro 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening; night black and dense was falling [over the young mans life]. Pro 7:10 And behold, there met him a woman, dressed as a harlot and sly and cunning of heart. Pro 7:11 She is turbulent and willful; her feet stay not in her house; Pro 7:12 Now in the streets, now in the marketplaces, she sets her ambush at every corner. Pro 7:13 So she caught him and kissed him and with impudent face she said to him, Pro 7:14 Sacrifices of peace offerings were due from me; this day I paid my vows. Pro 7:15 So I came forth to meet you [that you might share with me the feast from my offering]; diligently I sought your face, and I have found you. Pro 7:16 I have spread my couch with rugs and cushions of tapestry, with striped sheets of fine linen of Egypt. Pro 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Pro 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us console and delight ourselves with love. Pro 7:19 For the man is not at home; he is gone on a long journey; Pro 7:20 He has taken a bag of money with him and will come home at the day appointed [at the full moon]. Pro 7:21 With much justifying and enticing argument she persuades him, with the allurements of her lips she leads him [to overcome his conscience and his fears] and forces him along. Pro 7:22 Suddenly he [yields and] follows her reluctantly like an ox moving to the slaughter, like one in fetters going to the correction [to be given] to a fool or like a dog enticed by food to the muzzle Pro 7:23 Till a dart [of passion] pierces and inflames his vitals; then like a bird fluttering straight into the net [he hastens], not knowing that it will cost him his life. Pro 7:24 Listen to me now therefore, O you sons, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Pro 7:25 Let not your heart incline toward her ways, do not stray into her paths. Pro 7:26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, all her slain are a mighty host. [Neh. 13:26.] Pro 7:27 Her house is the way to Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead), going down to the chambers of death. Amplified Translation
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