Proverbs 7:14-24

¹⁴“I had bound myself to bring peace-offerings; this day have I paid my vows:

¹⁵Therefore am I come forth to meet thee, to seek thy presence diligently, and I have found thee.

¹⁶With tapestry coverings have I decked my bed, with embroidered coverlids of the fine linen of Egypt.

¹⁷I have sprinkled my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

¹⁸Come, let us indulge in love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with dalliances.

¹⁹For the man is not in his house, he is gone on a journey a great way off:

²⁰The bag of money hath he taken with him, by the day of the new-moon festival only will he come home.”

²¹She seduced him by the abundance of her reasoning: by the flattery of her lips she misguided him.

²²He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:

²³Till an arrow cleaveth through his liver; as a bird hasteneth into the snare, and knoweth not that it is done to take his life.

²⁴And now, O children, hearken unto me, and listen to the sayings of my mouth.