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Proverbs 7:12-17
Living Bible
Proverbs 7:12-17
Living Bible
11-12 She was the brash, coarse type, seen often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner for men to be her lovers.
13 She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with a saucy look she said, “I was just coming to look for you and here you are! 14-17 Come home with me, and I’ll fix you a wonderful dinner,[a] and after that—well, my bed is spread with lovely, colored sheets of finest linen imported from Egypt, perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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- Proverbs 7:14 I’ll fix you a wonderful dinner, literally, “Sacrifices of peace offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.” If she meant this literally, she was telling him that she had plenty of food on hand, left from her sacrifice at the temple.
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