14 I have [a]peace offerings: this [b]day have I paid my vows.

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

16 I have decked my bed with ornaments, [c]carpets and laces of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:14 Because that in peace offerings a portion returned to them that offered, she showeth him that she hath meat at home to make good cheer with: or else she would use some cloak of holiness till she had gotten him in her snares.
  2. Proverbs 7:14 Which declareth that harlots outwardly will seem holy and religious: both because they may the better deceive others, and also thinking by observing of ceremonies and offerings to make satisfaction for their sins.
  3. Proverbs 7:16 Or, carved work.

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