7:17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

7:18. Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the
desired embraces, till the day appear.

7:19. For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.

7:20. He took with him a bag of money: he will return home the day of
the full moon.

7:21. She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the
flattery of her lips.

7:22. Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a
lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to
bonds,

7:23. Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to
the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.

7:24. Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my
mouth.

7:25. Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou
deceived with her paths.

7:26. For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been
slain by her.

7:27. Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers
of death.

Proverbs Chapter 8

The preaching of wisdom. Her excellence.

8:1. Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?

8:2. Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst
of the paths,

8:3. Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh,
saying:

8:4. O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.

8:5. O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice.

8:6. Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened
to preach right things.

8:7. My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

8:8. All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in
them.

8:9. They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find
knowledge.

8:10. Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather
than gold.

8:11. For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and
whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.

8:12. I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

8:13. The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and
every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

8:14. Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

8:15. By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.

8:16. By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.

8:17. I love them that love me: