Proverbs 7:10-20

Warning Against the Adulteress

¹⁰ And behold, the woman meets him,
_s dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. ₁
¹¹ She is _t loud and _u wayward;
_v her feet do not stay at home;
¹² now in the street, now in the market,
and _w at every corner she _x lies in wait.
¹³ She seizes him and kisses him,
and with _y bold face she says to him,
¹⁴ "I had to _z offer sacrifices, ₂
and today I have _a paid my vows;
¹⁵ so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
¹⁶ I have spread my couch with _b coverings,
colored linens from _c Egyptian linen;
¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with _d myrrh,
aloes, and _e cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
¹⁹ For _f my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
²⁰ he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home."

1. Cross References
   Genesis 38:14
   She took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 9:13
   The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
   
3. Cross References
   Hosea 4:16
   Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
   
4. Cross References
   1 Timothy 5:13
   Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
   Titus 2:5
   To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
   
5. Cross References
   Proverbs 7:8
   Passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
   
6. Cross References
   Proverbs 23:28
   She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.
   
7. Cross References
   Proverbs 21:29
   A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
   
8. Cross References
   Leviticus 7:11
   And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the Lord.
   
9. Cross References
   Psalms 50:14
   Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.
   
10. Cross References
    Proverbs 31:22
    She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
    
11. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:9
    The workers in combed flax will be in despair, and the weavers of white cotton.
    
12. Cross References
    Psalms 45:8
    Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
    
13. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
    
14. Cross References
    Matthew 20:11
    And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house.