<vn='1'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="8104">keep</s> my <sn="561">words</s>, and lay <sn="6845">up</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s><sn="854">with</s> thee. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="8104">Keep</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and <sn="2421">live</s>; and my <sn="8451">law</s> as the <sn="380">apple</s> of thine <sn="5869">eye</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="7194">Bind</s> them <sn="5921">upon</s> thy <sn="676">fingers</s>, <sn="3789">write</s> them <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3871">table</s> of thine <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="559">Say</s> unto <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> art my <sn="269">sister</s>; and <sn="7121">call</s><sn="998">understanding</s> thy <sn="4129">kinswoman</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>That they may <sn="8104">keep</s> thee from the <sn="2114">strange</s><sn="4480 802">woman</s>, from the <sn="4480 5237">stranger</s> which <sn="2505">flattereth</s> with her <sn="561">words</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> at the <sn="2474">window</s> of my <sn="1004">house</s> I <sn="8259">looked</s><sn="1157">through</s> my <sn="822">casement</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="7200">beheld</s> among the simple <sn="6612">ones</s>, I <sn="995">discerned</s> among the <sn="1121">youths</s>, a young <sn="5288">man</s><sn="2638">void</s> of <sn="3820">understanding</s>, </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5674">Passing</s> through the <sn="7784">street</s><sn="681">near</s> her <sn="6438">corner</s>; and he <sn="6805">went</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> to her <sn="1004">house</s>, </v>
<vn='9'>In the <sn="5399">twilight</s>, in the <sn="6153 3117">evening</s>, in the <sn="380">black</s> and <sn="653">dark</s><sn="3915">night</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="7125">met</s> him a <sn="802">woman</s> with the <sn="7897">attire</s> of a <sn="2181">harlot</s>, and <sn="5341">subtle</s> of <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>( <sn="1931">She</s> is <sn="1993">loud</s> and <sn="5637">stubborn</s>; her <sn="7272">feet</s><sn="7931">abide</s><sn="3808">not</s> in her <sn="1004">house</s>: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6471">Now</s> is she <sn="2351">without</s>, <sn="6471">now</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s>, and lieth in <sn="693">wait</s><sn="681">at</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="6438">corner</s>.) </v>
<vn='13'>So she <sn="2388">caught</s> him, and <sn="5401">kissed</s> him, and with an <sn="5810">impudent</s><sn="6440">face</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, </v>
<vn='14'> I have peace <sn="2077 8002">offerings</s><sn="5921">with</s> me; this <sn="3117">day</s> have I <sn="7999">paid</s> my <sn="5088">vows</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> came I <sn="3318">forth</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> thee, diligently to <sn="7836">seek</s> thy <sn="6440">face</s>, and I have <sn="4672">found</s> thee. </v>
<vn='16'>I have <sn="7234">decked</s> my <sn="6210">bed</s> with coverings of <sn="4765">tapestry</s>, with <sn="2405">carved</s> works, with fine <sn="330">linen</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>I have <sn="5130">perfumed</s> my <sn="4904">bed</s> with <sn="4753">myrrh</s>, <sn="174">aloes</s>, and <sn="7076">cinnamon</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1980">Come</s>, let us take our <sn="7301">fill</s> of <sn="1730">love</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s>: let us solace <sn="5965">ourselves</s> with <sn="159">loves</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="376">goodman</s> is <sn="369">not</s> at <sn="1004">home</s>, he is <sn="1980">gone</s> a <sn="4480 7350">long</s><sn="1870">journey</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>He hath <sn="3947">taken</s> a <sn="6872">bag</s> of <sn="3701">money</s><sn="3027">with</s> him, and will <sn="935">come</s><sn="1004">home</s> at the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="3677">appointed</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>With her <sn="7230">much</s> fair <sn="3948">speech</s> she caused him to <sn="5186">yield</s>, with the <sn="2506">flattering</s> of her <sn="8193">lips</s> she <sn="5080">forced</s> him. </v>
<vn='22'>He <sn="1980">goeth</s><sn="310">after</s> her <sn="6597">straightway</s>, as an <sn="7794">ox</s><sn="935">goeth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2874">slaughter</s>, or as a <sn="191">fool</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4148">correction</s> of the <sn="5914">stocks</s>; </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5704">Till</s> a <sn="2671">dart</s> strike <sn="6398">through</s> his <sn="3516">liver</s>; as a <sn="6833">bird</s><sn="4116">hasteth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="6341">snare</s>, and <sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">it</s> is for his <sn="5315">life</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="8085">Hearken</s> unto me <sn="6258">now</s> therefore, O ye <sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="7181">attend</s> to the <sn="561">words</s> of my <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Let <sn="408">not</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="7847">decline</s><sn="413">to</s> her <sn="1870">ways</s>, go not <sn="8582 408">astray</s> in her <sn="5410">paths</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3588">For</s> she hath cast <sn="5307">down</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="2491">wounded</s>: yea, <sn="3605">many</s><sn="6099">strong</s> men have been <sn="2026">slain</s> by her. </v>
<vn='27'>Her <sn="1004">house</s> is the <sn="1870">way</s> to <sn="7585">hell</s>, going <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2315">chambers</s> of <sn="4194">death</s>. </v>