Proverbs 7:13-27 ▼

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.

24 So now, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

25 Do not let your heart go astray into her ways, Do not wander into her pathways.

26 For many are the slain whom she has cast down, And numerous are all those killed by her.

27 The ways to Sheol are in her house, Descending to the chambers of death.