Proverbs 7:17-27

CAB(i) 17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon. 18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love. 19 For my husband is not at home, and has gone on a long journey, 20 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house. 21 So with much conversation she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path. 22 And he followed her, being gently led on, as that of an ox led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a deer shot in the liver with an arrow: 23 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life. 24 Now then my son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, 26 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable. 27 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.