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20 He took a bag of money with him
    and will not be back until the moon is full.”
21 With her persistent urging she persuaded him,
    luring him astray with her seductive words.[a]
22 Bemused, he followed her,
    like an ox being led to the slaughter,
like a stag stepping into a noose,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:21 Persistent urging . . . seductive words: see notes on Prov 2:16; 5:3; see also v. 5; 6:24.