Proverbs 7:15-25

¹⁵Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

¹⁶I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works , with fine linen of Egypt.

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

¹⁸Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

¹⁹For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

²⁰He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

²¹With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.

²²He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

²³Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

²⁴Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

²⁵Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.