3. Remind yourself of them;write them on your heart as if on a tablet.
4. Treat wisdom as a sister,and make understanding your closest friend.
5. Wisdom and understanding will keep you away from adultery,away from the unfaithful wife and her pleasing words.
6. Once while I was at the window of my houseI looked out through the shutters
7. and saw some foolish, young men.I noticed one of them had no wisdom.
8. He was walking down the street near the corneron the road leading to her house.
9. It was the twilight of the evening;the darkness of the night was just beginning.
10. Then the woman approached him,dressed like a prostituteand planning to trick him.
11. She was loud and stubbornand never stayed at home.
12. She was always out in the streets or in the city squares,waiting around on the corners of the streets.
13. She grabbed him and kissed him.Without shame she said to him,
14. “I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home.Today I have kept my special promises.
15. So I have come out to meet you;I have been looking for you and have found you.
16. I have covered my bedwith colored sheets from Egypt.
17. I have made my bed smell sweetwith myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s make love until morning.Let’s enjoy each other’s love.