Proverbs 7:1

Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress ¹ 

7:1 My child, ²  keep my words

and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. ³ 

[7:1]  ¹ sn The chapter begins with the important teaching of the father (1-5), then it focuses on the seduction: first of the victim (6-9), then the temptress (10-12), then the seduction (13-20), and the capitulation (21-23); the chapter concludes with the deadly results of consorting (24-27).

[7:1]  ² tn Heb “my son.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “within you” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “with you.” BDB 860 s.v. צָפַן Qal.1 suggests that “within you” means “in your own keeping.”