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Proverbs 7:10-19 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

10. Then the woman comes to meet him,dressed like a harlot, with secret designs.

11. She is raucous and unruly,her feet cannot stay at home;

12. Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares,lurking in ambush at every corner.

13. Then she grabs him, kisses him,and with an impudent look says to him:

14. “I owed peace offerings,and today I have fulfilled my vows;

15. So I came out to meet you,to look for you, and I have found you!

16. With coverlets I have spread my couch,with brocaded cloths of Egyptian linen;

17. I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh,with aloes, and with cinnamon.

18. Come, let us drink our fill of love,until morning, let us feast on love!

19. For my husband is not at home,he has gone on a long journey;

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