Proverbs 7:5-18

English Standard Version

⁶ For at ^(C)the window of my house
    I have looked out through my lattice,
⁷ and I have seen among ^(D)the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man ^(E)lacking sense,
⁸ passing along the street ^(F)near her corner,
    taking the road to her house
⁹ in ^(G)the twilight, in the evening,
    at ^(H)the time of night and darkness.

¹⁰ And behold, the woman meets him,
    ^(I)dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.^[c]
11 She is ^(J)loud and ^(K)wayward;
    ^(L)her feet do not stay at home;
¹² now in the street, now in the market,
    and ^(M)at every corner she ^(N)lies in wait.
¹³ She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with ^(O)bold face she says to him,
¹⁴ “I had to ^(P)offer sacrifices,^[d]
    and today I have ^(Q)paid my vows;
¹⁵ so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
¹⁶ I have spread my couch with ^(R)coverings,
    colored linens from ^(S)Egyptian linen;
¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with ^(T)myrrh,
    aloes, and ^(U)cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
    let us delight ourselves with love.