Focused Passage

Proverbs 7:1-5

The Path to Slaughter: Wisdom's Warning Against Seduction and the Collapse of Judgment

The chapter moves from internalized wisdom, to observed naivety, to the seducer's calculated strategy, to the young man's collapse, to a final warning that her house leads to death.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.

2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:9 Classic cross-references Hebrews 2:1 Classic cross-references Psalms 90:12 Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:20 Classic cross-references Proverbs 2:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

My son בְּ֭נִי H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular keep שְׁמֹ֣ר H8104 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular my words אֲמָרָ֑י H561 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular and treasure תִּצְפֹּ֥ן H6845 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular my commandments וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י H4687 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular within you אִתָּֽךְ׃ H854 Preposition | second person masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

Psalms 17:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 11:18 Classic cross-references 1 John 2:3 Classic cross-references Leviticus 18:5 Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

Keep שְׁמֹ֣ר H8104 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular my commandments מִצְוֺתַ֣י H4687 Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular and live וֶחְיֵ֑ה H2421 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular guard my teachings וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י H8451 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular as the apple כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן H380 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of your eye עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ H5869 Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular

BSB notes

Literally the pupil

Verse 3

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 11:18 Classic cross-references Proverbs 3:3 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 6:8 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 6:6 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 31:33 Classic cross-references

Original words

Tie them קָשְׁרֵ֥ם H7194 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural to עַל־ H5921 Preposition your fingers אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ H676 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular write them כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם H3789 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the tablet ל֥וּחַ H3871 Noun - masculine singular construct of your heart לִבֶּֽךָ׃ H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

Proverbs 1:2 Classic cross-references Proverbs 2:2 Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:6 Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:1 Classic cross-references

Original words

Say אֱמֹ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular to wisdom לַֽ֭חָכְמָה H2451 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular You אָ֑תְּ H859 Pronoun - second person feminine singular are my sister אֲחֹ֣תִי H269 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular and call תִקְרָֽא׃ H7121 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular understanding לַבִּינָ֥ה H998 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular your kinsman וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע H4129 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 6:18 Classic cross-references Proverbs 2:16 Classic cross-references Proverbs 6:24 Classic cross-references Proverbs 5:3 Classic cross-references Proverbs 7:21 Classic cross-references

Original words

that they may keep you לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ H8104 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular from the adulteress זָרָ֑ה H2114 Adjective - feminine singular . . . מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה H802 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular from the stranger מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה H5237 Preposition-m | Adjective - feminine singular with seductive הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ H2505 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular words אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ H561 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

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