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

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

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

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

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

5that 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 4:9Classic cross-references Hebrews 2:1Classic cross-references Psalms 90:12Classic cross-references Proverbs 4:20Classic cross-references Proverbs 2:1Classic cross-references

Original words

My sonבְּ֭נִיH1121Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularkeepשְׁמֹ֣רH8104Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularmy wordsאֲמָרָ֑יH561Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularand treasureתִּצְפֹּ֥ןH6845Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularmy commandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗יH4687Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singularwithin youאִתָּֽךְ׃H854Preposition | second person masculine singular

Verse 2

Cross-references

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

Original words

Keepשְׁמֹ֣רH8104Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַ֣יH4687Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singularand liveוֶחְיֵ֑הH2421Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularguard my teachingsוְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יH8451Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularas the appleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןH380Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructof your eyeעֵינֶֽיךָ׃H5869Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular

BSB notes

Literally the pupil

Verse 3

Cross-references

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

Original words

Tie themקָשְׁרֵ֥םH7194Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine pluraltoעַל־H5921Prepositionyour fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָH676Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singularwrite themכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םH3789Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine pluralonעַל־H5921Prepositionthe tabletל֥וּחַH3871Noun - masculine singular constructof your heartלִבֶּֽךָ׃H3820Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Verse 4

Cross-references

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

Original words

Sayאֱמֹ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularto wisdomלַֽ֭חָכְמָהH2451Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularYouאָ֑תְּH859Pronoun - second person feminine singularare my sisterאֲחֹ֣תִיH269Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularand callתִקְרָֽא׃H7121Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularunderstandingלַבִּינָ֥הH998Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularyour kinsmanוּ֝מֹדָ֗עH4129Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 5

Cross-references

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

Original words

that they may keep youלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָH8104Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singularfrom the adulteressזָרָ֑הH2114Adjective - feminine singular. . .מֵאִשָּׁ֣הH802Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singularfrom the strangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הH5237Preposition-m | Adjective - feminine singularwith seductiveהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃H2505Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singularwordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָH561Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular

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