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²¹ With much seductive speech she persuades him;
   with her smooth talk she compels him.
²² Right away he follows her,
   and goes like an ox to the slaughter,
or bounds like a stag towards the trap^*
23   until an arrow pierces its entrails.
He is like a bird rushing into a snare,
   not knowing that it will cost him his life.

²⁴ And now, my children, listen to me,
   and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
²⁵ Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways;
   do not stray into her paths.
²⁶ for many are those she has laid low,
   and numerous are her victims.
²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol,
   going down to the chambers of death.