Proverbs 7 Clementine Vulgate
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1 [Fili mi, custodi sermones meos, et præcepta mea reconde tibi. Fili,
1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
2 serva mandata mea, et vives; et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:
2 Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam:
4 Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
5 ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.
5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,
6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
7 et video parvulos; considero vecordem juvenem,
7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur:
8 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
9 in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine.
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio, præparata ad capiendas animas: garrula et vaga,
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
11 quietis impatiens, nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis;
11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13 Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
14 Victimas pro salute vovi; hodie reddidi vota mea:
14 “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16 Intexui funibus lectulum meum; stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto:
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 aspersi cubile meum myrrha, et aloë, et cinnamomo.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Veni, inebriemur uberibus, et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 Non est enim vir in domo sua: abiit via longissima:
19 For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
20 sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit; in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
21 Irretivit eum multis sermonibus, et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam, et quasi agnus lasciviens, et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:
22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus, velut si avis festinet ad laqueum, et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me, et attende verbis oris mei.
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus;
25 Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 multos enim vulneratos dejecit, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.
26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes in interiora mortis.]
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
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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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)