MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

1My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.

2Keepe my commandements, and liue: and my law as the apple of thine eye.

3Bind them vpon thy fingers, write them vpon the table of thine heart.

4Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,

5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6 For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,

7And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,

8Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,

9In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:

10And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.

11(She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house:

12Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.)

13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him,

14I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes.

15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.

16I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt.

17I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.

18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning, let vs solace our selues with loues.

19For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney.

20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

21With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

22He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,

23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

24 Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths.

26For shee hath cast downe many wounded: yea many strong men haue bene slaine by her.

27Her house is the way to hell, going downe to the chambers of death.

I == Prov 2:1

II == Lev 18:5 ; Deut 32:10 ; Prov 4:4 ; Isa 55:3

III == Deut 6:8 ; 11:18 ; Prov 3:3 ; 6:21

 

V == Prov 2:16 ; 5:3 ; 6:24

 

 

VII == Prov 6:32 ; 9:4 , 16

 

 

 

IX == Job 24:15

 

 

XI == Prov 9:13 ; 1st Time 5:13 ; Titus 2:5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVI == Isa 19:9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XXI == Ps 12:2 ; Prov 5:3

 

 

 

XXIII == Eccl 9:12

 

 

 

 

XXVI == Neh 13:26

 

XXVII == Prov 2:18 ; 5:5 ; 9:18

1 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands.

2 Keep my commands and live, my teaching as the apple of your eye;

3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to Wisdom, "You are my sister!" call Understanding, "Friend!"

5 That they may keep you from another's wife, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

6 For at the window of my house, through my lattice I looked out - 

7 And I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the young men, a youth with no sense,

8 Going along the street near the corner, then walking in the direction of her house - 

9 In the twilight, at dusk of day, at the time of the dark of night.

10 And lo! the woman comes to meet him, robed like a harlot, with secret designs - 

11 She is fickle and unruly, in her home her feet cannot rest;

12 Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, and at every corner she lurks in ambush - 

13 When she seizes him, she kisses him, and with an impudent look says to him:

14 "I owed peace offerings, and today I have fulfilled my vows;

15 So I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I have found you!

16 With coverlets I have spread my couch, with brocaded cloths of Egyptian linen;

17 I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.

18 "Come, let us drink our fill of love, until morning, let us feast on love!

19 For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey;

20 A bag of money he took with him, not till the full moon will he return home."

21 She wins him over by her repeated urging, with her smooth lips she leads him astray;

22 He follows her stupidly, like an ox that is led to slaughter; Like a stag that minces toward the net,

23 till an arrow pierces its liver; Like a bird that rushes into a snare, unaware that its life is at stake.

24 So now, O children, listen to me, be attentive to the words of my mouth!

25 Let not your heart turn to her ways, go not astray in her paths;

26 For many are those she has struck down dead, numerous, those she has slain.

27 Her house is made up of ways to the nether world, leading down into the chambers of death.

The “apple of the eye”, the pupil, is the most sensitive and carefully guarded part of our body. This whole chapter is a warning to place that much guardianship over our body in avoiding immorality, here the seductions of an adulterous woman.