Proverbs 7:10–23

¹⁰And behold, a woman comes to meet him,

^aDressed as a harlot and ¹cunning of heart.

¹¹She is ^aboisterous and rebellious,

Her ^bfeet do not dwell at home;

¹²Stepping in the streets, stepping ^ain the squares,

And near every corner she ^blies in wait.

¹³So she seizes him and kisses him

¹And with a ^abrazen face she says to him:

¹⁴“The sacrifices of ^apeace offerings are with me;

Today I ^bpaid 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 ^acoverings,

With colored ^blinens of Egypt.

¹⁷“I have sprinkled my bed

With ^amyrrh, aloes, and ^bcinnamon.

¹⁸“Come, then, let us drink our fill as lovers until morning;

Let us delight ourselves with the pleasures of love.

¹⁹“For ¹my husband is not at home,

He has gone on a journey far away;

²⁰He took a ^abag of silver in his hand,

On the day of the full moon he will come home.”

²¹With her abundant ¹persuasions she entices him;

With her ^aflattering lips she drives him to herself.

²²He suddenly follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or ¹as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,

²³Until an arrow pierces through his liver;

As a ^abird hastens to the snare,

And he does not know that it will cost him his ¹soul.