LXX2012(i)
20 [My] son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:
21 but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.
22 Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.
23 For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:
24 to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.
25 Let not the desire of beauty overcome you, neither be you caught by your eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.
26 For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
27 Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?
28 or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?
29 So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.
30 It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:
31 but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.
32 But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.
33 He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.
34 For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not forego [his] enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.
7 1 [My] son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. [My] son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him:
2 keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes.
3 And bind them on your fingers, and write [them] on the table of your heart.
4 Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself;
5 that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
6 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
7 passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
8 and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
9 when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness:
10 and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
11 And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
12 For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
13 Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
14 I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
15 therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; [and] I have found you.
16 I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
19 For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
20 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
21 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from [the right path].
22 And he followed her, being gently led on, and [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
23 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life.
24 Now then, [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways :
26 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
27 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.