1 [My] son, keep my words, And hide with thee my commandments. 1a [My] son, honor the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; And fear none but him: 2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; And [keep] my words as the pupils of [thine] eyes. 3 And bind them on thy fingers, And write [them] on the table of thy heart. 4 Say that wisdom is thy sister, And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself; 5 That she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, If she should assail thee with flattering words. 6 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, A young man void of understanding, 7 Passing by the corner in the passages near her house, 8 And speaking, in the dark of the evening, 9 When there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness: 10 And the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, That causes the hearts of young men to flutter. 11 And she is fickle, and debauched, And her feet abide not at home. 12 For at one time she wanders without, And at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner. 13 Then she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face said to him, 14 I have a peace offering; Today I pay my vows: 15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; [And] I have found thee. 16 I have spread my bed with sheets, And I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt. 17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, And my house with cinnamon. 18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; Come, and let us embrace in love. 19 For my husband is not at home, But is gone on a long journey, 20 Having taken in his hand a bundle of money: After many days he will return to his house. 21 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, And with the snares of her lips she forced him from [the right path]. 22 And he followed her, being gently led on, And [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, And as a dog to bonds, Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: 23 And he hastens as a bird into a snare, Not knowing that he is running for [his] life. 24 Now then, [my] son, hearken to me, And attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways: 26 For she has wounded and cast down many, And those whom she has slain are innumerable. 27 Her house is the way of hell, Leading down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 7 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
- 1a Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)