17. I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloe, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let us be inebriated in abundance, and let us delight in the embraces of desire, until the day begins to dawn.
19. For my husband is not in his house. He has gone away on a very long journey.
20. He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon."
21. She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips.
22. Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
23. until the arrow pierces his liver. It is just as if a bird were to hurry into the snare. And he does not know that his actions endanger his own soul.
24. Therefore, my son, hear me now, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25. Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.
26. For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her.
27. Her household is the way to Hell, reaching even to the inner places of death.