1. My son, obey my words,and treasure my commands.
2. Keep my commands and live; protect my teachingsas the pupil 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 relative.
5. She will keep you from a forbidden woman,a stranger with her flattering talk.
6. At the window of my houseI looked through my lattice.
7. I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking sense.
8. Crossing the street near her corner,he strolled down the road to her house
9. at twilight, in the evening,in the dark of the night.