Proverbs:7:7-23
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And beheld among the simple ones ,
I discerned among the youths ,
a young man void of understanding ,
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Passing through the street near her corner ;
and he went the way to her house ,
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In the twilight ,
in the evening ,
in the black and dark night :
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And ,
behold ,
there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot ,
and subtil of heart .
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She is loud and stubborn ;
her feet abide not in her house :
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Now is she without ,
now in the streets ,
and lieth in wait at every corner .)
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So she caught him ,
and kissed him ,
and with an impudent face said unto him ,
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I have peace offerings with me ;
this day have I payed my vows .
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee ,
diligently to seek thy face ,
and I have found thee .
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I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry ,
with carved works ,
with fine linen of Egypt .
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh ,
aloes ,
and cinnamon .
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Come ,
let us take our fill of love until the morning :
let us solace ourselves with loves .
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For the goodman is not at home ,
he is gone a long journey :
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He hath taken a bag of money with him ,
and will come home at the day appointed .
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With her much fair speech she caused him to yield ,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him .
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He goeth after her straightway ,
as an ox goeth to the slaughter ,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ;
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Till a dart strike through his liver ;
as a bird hasteth to the snare ,
and knoweth not that it is for his life .