¹My son, keep my words ²Keep my commandments and live; ³Tie them to your fingers; ⁴Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” ⁵that they may keep you from the adulteress, ⁶For at the window of my house ⁷I saw among the simple, ⁸crossing the street near her corner, ⁹at twilight, as the day was fading ¹⁰Then a woman came out to meet him, ¹¹She is loud and defiant; ¹²Now in the street, now in the squares, ¹³She seizes him and kisses him; ¹⁴“I have made my peace offerings; ¹⁵So I came out to meet you; ¹⁶I have decked my bed with coverings, ¹⁷I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, ¹⁸Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. ¹⁹For my husband is not at home; ²⁰He took with him a bag of money ²¹With her great persuasion she entices him; ²²He follows her on impulse, ²³until an arrow pierces his liver, ²⁴Now, my sons, listen to me, ²⁵Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; ²⁶For she has brought many down to death; ²⁷Her house is the road to Sheol,