Proverbs 7:13-23 ▼

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

14 “The sacrifices of peace offerings are with me; Today I paid my vows.

15 Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your face 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, then, let us drink our fill as lovers until morning; Let us delight ourselves with the pleasures of love.

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

20 He took a bag of silver in his hand, On the day of the full moon he will come home.”

21 With her abundant persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she drives him to herself.

22 He suddenly follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,

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