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7.10 :With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
 * She is riotous and rebellious,
 * Her feet abide not in her house;
 * Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
 * And lieth in wait at every corner.
 * So she caught him, and kissed him,
 * And with an impudent face she said unto him:
 * 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me;
 * This day have I paid my vows.
 * Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
 * To seek thy face, and I have found thee.
 * I have decked my couch with coverlets,
 * With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
 * I have perfumed my bed
 * With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 * Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
 * Let us solace ourselves with loves.
 * For my husband is not at home,
 * He is gone a long journey;
 * He hath taken the bag of money with him;
 * He will come home at the full moon.'


 * With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield,
 * With the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
 * He goeth after her straightway,
 * As an ox that goeth to the slaughter,
 * Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
 * Till an arrow strike through his liver;
 * As a bird hasteneth to the snare—
 * And knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.


 * Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me,
 * And attend to the words of my mouth.
 * Let not thy heart decline to her ways,
 * Go not astray in her paths.
 * For she hath cast down many wounded;
 * Yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
 * Her house is the way to the nether-world,
 * Going down to the chambers of death.


 * Doth not wisdom call,
 * And understanding put forth her voice?
 * In the top of high places by the way,
 * Where the paths meet, she standeth;
 * Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
 * At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
 * 'Unto you, O men, I call,
 * And my voice is to the sons of men.
 * O ye thoughtless, understand prudence,
 * And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
 * Hear, for I will speak excellent things,
 * And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
 * For my mouth shall utter truth,
 * And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
 * All the words of my mouth are in righteousness,
 * There is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
 * They are all plain to him that understandeth,
 * And right to them that find knowledge.
 * Receive my instruction, and not silver,
 * And knowledge rather than choice gold.