Proverbs 7:13-23

13 She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him,
14 "I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises.
15 So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.
16 I have covered my bed with colored sheets from Egypt.
17 I have made my bed smell sweet with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let's make love until morning. Let's enjoy each other's love.
19 My husband is not home; he has gone on a long trip.
20 He took a lot of money with him and won't be home for weeks."
21 By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
22 All at once he followed her, like an ox led to the butcher, like a deer caught in a trap
23 and shot through the liver with an arrow. Like a bird caught in a trap, he didn't know what he did would kill him.
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