Proverbs

¹⁶I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. ¹⁷I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ¹⁸Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves. ¹⁹For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: ²⁰He hath taken a bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon. ²¹With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forceth him away. ²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as fetters to the correction of the fool;