Proverbs 7:6-23

New American Standard Bible

⁶ For ^(A)at the window of my house
I looked out ^(B)through my lattice,
⁷ And I saw among the ^(C)naive,
And discerned among the ^[a]youths
A young man ^(D)lacking ^[b]sense,
⁸ Passing through the street near ^(E)her corner;
And he walks along the way to ^(F)her house,
⁹ In the ^(G)twilight, in the ^[c]evening,
In the ^[d]middle of the night and the darkness.
¹⁰ And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
^(H)Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.
¹¹ She is ^(I)boisterous and rebellious,
Her ^(J)feet do not remain at home;
¹² She is now in the streets, now ^(K)in the public squares,
And ^(L)lurks by every corner.
¹³ So she seizes him and kisses him,
^[e]And with a ^(M)brazen face she says to him:
¹⁴ “^[f]I was due to offer ^(N)peace offerings;
Today I have ^(O)paid my vows.
¹⁵ Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.
¹⁶ I have spread my couch with ^(P)coverings,
With colored ^(Q)linens of Egypt.
¹⁷ I have sprinkled my bed
With ^(R)myrrh, aloes, and ^(S)cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning;
Let’s delight ourselves with caresses.
¹⁹ For ^[g]my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey.
²⁰ He has taken a ^(T)bag of money ^[h]with him.
At the full moon he will come home.”
²¹ With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her ^[i](U)flattering lips she seduces him.
²² Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as ^[j]one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,
²³ Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a ^(V)bird hurries to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.