Proverbs 7:6-27 - A Story Of Seduction

⁶ At the window of my house
I looked through my lattice.
⁷ I saw among the inexperienced,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.
⁸ Crossing the street near her corner,
he strolled down the road to her house
⁹ at twilight, in the evening,
in the dark of the night.
¹⁰ A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,
having a hidden agenda.
¹¹ She is loud and defiant;
her feet do not stay at home.
¹² Now in the street, now in the squares,
she lurks at every corner.
¹³ She grabs him and kisses him;
she brazenly says to him,
¹⁴ “I’ve made fellowship offerings;
today I’ve fulfilled my vows.
¹⁵ So I came out to meet you,
to search for you, and I’ve found you.
¹⁶ I’ve spread coverings on my bed—
richly colored linen from Egypt.
¹⁷ I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.
Let’s feast on each other’s love!
¹⁹ My husband isn’t home;
he went on a long journey.
²⁰ He took a bag of money with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”
²¹ She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.
²² He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap
²³ until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird darting into a snare—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

²⁴ Now, my sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
²⁵ Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.
²⁶ For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.
²⁷ Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.