The Tanakh
משלי ז׳Proverbs 7
Chapter 7 of 31 in Proverbs — 27 verses
- Total gematria
- 51,522
- Letters
- 762
- Words
- 193
- Verses
- 27
- Per word average
- 266.95
Verse 1א׳Standard2,446
בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Verse 2ב׳Standard2,684
שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ
Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,991
קָשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ
Bind them upon thy fingers, Write them upon the table of thy heart.
Verse 4ד׳Standard2,082
אֱמֹר לַֽחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא
Say unto wisdom: ‘Thou art my sister’, And call understanding thy kinswoman;
Verse 5ה׳Standard1,887
לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,927
כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,533
וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב
And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Verse 8ח׳Standard1,757
עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד
Passing through the street near her corner, And he went the way to her house;
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,328
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the blackness of night and the darkness.
Verse 10י׳Standard2,665
וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
Verse 11י״אStandard2,026
הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ
She is riotous and rebellious, Her feet abide not in her house;
Verse 12י״בStandard2,019
פַּעַם בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כָּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.
Verse 13י״גStandard1,561
וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה־לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ
So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:
Verse 14י״דStandard1,662
זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי
’Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; This day have I paid my vows.
Verse 15ט״וStandard2,288
עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, To seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Verse 16ט״זStandard2,363
מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם
I have decked my couch with coverlets, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Verse 17י״זStandard1,490
נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Verse 18י״חStandard1,430
לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִֽים
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.
Verse 19י״טStandard1,462
כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק
For my husband is not at home, He is gone a long journey;
Verse 20כ׳Standard1,424
צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ
He hath taken the bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.’
Verse 21כ״אStandard2,180
הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
Verse 22כ״בStandard1,961
הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox that goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
Verse 23כ״גStandard1,693
עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹֽא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteneth to the snare— And knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
Verse 24כ״דStandard1,839
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי
Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Verse 25כ״הStandard2,458
אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, Go not astray in her paths.
Verse 26כ״וStandard1,059
כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ
For she hath cast down many wounded; Yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
Verse 27כ״זStandard2,307
דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתָהּ יֹרְדוֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת
Her house is the way to the nether-world, Going down to the chambers of death.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.