Proverbs 7:1-27 NET

[1] My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself. [2] Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. [3] Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. [4] Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, [5] so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words. [6] For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out [7] and I saw among the naive-I discerned among the youths-a young man who lacked sense. [8] He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house [9] in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. [10] Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. [11] (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home- [12] at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) [13] So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, [14] "I have meat from my peace offerings at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! [15] That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! [16] I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. [17] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. [18] Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with love's pleasures. [19] For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. [20] He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." [21] She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along. [22] Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare [23] till an arrow pierces his liver-like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. [24] So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. [25] Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways-do not wander into her pathways; [26] for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. [27] Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.