Proverbs 7:14-26

¹⁴“I made my peace offering today, I paid my vows,

¹⁵so came I out to meet you, to eagerly seek your face, and I have found you.

¹⁶I have spread coverings on my bed, colored linens from Egypt.

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

¹⁸Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us take great pleasure in acts of love.

¹⁹For my husband is not at his house; he has gone on a long journey.

²⁰He took a bag of money with him; he will return on the day of the full moon.”

²¹With much talk she turned him; with her smooth lips she misled him.

²²He went after her suddenly like an ox going to slaughter, like a deer caught in a trap,

²³until an arrow pierces through its liver. He was like a bird rushing into a snare. He did not know that it would cost his life.

²⁴Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to the words of my mouth.

²⁵May your heart not turn aside onto her paths; do not be led astray onto her paths.

²⁶She has caused many people to fall down pierced; her dead victims are very many.