Proverbs 7:10-23 ▼

10 And behold, a woman [comes] to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

11 She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

12 [She is] now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.

13 So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him:

14 |I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.

15 |Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

16 |I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

17 |I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

18 |Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

19 |For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey;

20 He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home.|

21 With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.

22 Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the discipline of a fool,

23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it [will cost him] his life.