The Wiles of the Prostitute
My son, akeep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you so they are readily available to guide you.Prov 2:1; 6:202 aKeep my commandments and live,And keep my teaching and law bas the apple of your eye.Prov 4:4Deut 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zech 2:83 aBind them securely on your fingers;bWrite them on the tablet of your heart.Deut 6:8; 11:18; Prov 6:21Prov 3:34 Say to skillful and godly wisdom, “You are my sister,”And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,From the foreigner who does not observe God’s laws and who flatters with her smooth words.
6 For aat the window of my houseI looked out bthrough my lattice.Judg 5:28Song 2:97 And among the anaive the inexperienced and gullible,I saw among the youthsA young man blacking good sense,Prov 1:22Prov 6:32; 9:48 Passing through the street near aher corner;And he took the path to bher houseProv 7:12Prov 7:279 In the atwilight, in the evening;In the black and dark night.Job 24:1510 And there a woman met him,aDressed as a prostitute and sly and cunning of heart.Gen 38:14, 15; 1 Tim 2:911 She was aboisterous and rebellious;1She bwould not stay at home.Lit Her feet do not.Prov 9:131 Tim 5:13; Titus 2:512 At times she was in the streets, at times ain the market places,bLurking and setting her ambush at every corner.Prov 9:14Prov 23:2813 So she caught him and kissed himAnd with a abrazen and impudent face she said to him:Prov 21:2914 “I have apeace offerings with me;Today I have bpaid my vows.Lev 7:11Lev 7:1615 “So I came out to meet you that you might share with me the feast of my offering,Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.16 “I have spread my couch with acoverings and cushions of tapestry,With colored bfine linen of Egypt.Prov 31:22Is 19:9; Ezek 27:717 “I have perfumed my bedWith amyrrh, aloes, and bcinnamon.Ps 45:8Ex 30:2318 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;Let us console and delight ourselves with love.19 “For my husband is not at home.He has gone on a long journey;20 He has taken a abag of money with him,And he will come home on the appointed day.”Gen 42:3521 With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;With her aflattering lips she seduced him.Prov 5:3; 6:2422 Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter not knowing the outcome,Or as one in stocks going to the correction to be given to a fool,23 Until an arrow pierced his liver with a mortal wound;Like a abird fluttering straight into the net,He did not know that it would cost him his life.Eccl 9:12
24 aNow therefore, my sons, listen to me,And pay attention to the words of my mouth.Prov 5:725 Do not let your heart aturn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her evil, immoral paths.Prov 5:826 For she has cast down many mortally wounded;Indeed, aall who were killed by her were strong. Neh 13:26Prov 9:1827 Her ahouse is the way to 1Sheol,Descending to the chambers of death. 1+@Cor 6:9Hades, the nether world, the place of the dead.Prov 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; 1 Cor 6:9, 10; Rev 22:15