Proverbs 7:4-16

⁴Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;

⁵that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.

⁶For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

⁷passing by the corner in the passages near her house,

⁸and speaking, in the dark of the evening,

⁹when there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness:

¹⁰and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.

¹¹And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.

¹²For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.

¹³Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

¹⁴I have a peace-offering; to-day I pay my vows:

¹⁵therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; and I have found thee.

¹⁶I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.