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Proverbs 7:20-22
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 7:20-22
New Catholic Bible
20 He took a bag of money with him
and will not be back until the moon is full.”
21 With her persistent urging she persuaded him,
luring him astray with her seductive words.[a]
22 Bemused, he followed her,
like an ox being led to the slaughter,
like a stag stepping into a noose,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Persistent urging . . . seductive words: see notes on Prov 2:16; 5:3; see also v. 5; 6:24.