1 [Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et præcepta mea reconde tibi. Fili, 2 serva mandata mea, et vives; et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui: 3 liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui. 4 Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam: 5 ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit. 6 De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi, 7 et video parvulos; considero vecordem juvenem, 8 qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur: 9 in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine. 10 Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, præparata ad capiendas animas: garrula et vaga, 11 quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis; 12 nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians. 13 Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens: 14 Victimas pro salute vovi; hodie reddidi vota mea: 15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi. 16 Intexui funibus lectulum meum; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto: 17 aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloë, et cinnamomo. 18 Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies. 19 Non est enim vir in domo sua: abiit via longissima: 20 sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam. 21 Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum. 22 Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur: 23 donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur. 24 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei. 25 Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus; 26 multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea. 27 Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes in interiora mortis.]
Proverbs 7 Clementine Vulgate
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Cross references (25)
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
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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)