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title: "Proverbs 7:12-21 KJV - \"Now is she without, now in the streets...\" | Real Bible Believers"
description: "\"Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impuden\" — Read Proverbs 7:12-21 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Proverbs 7:12-21 in Context (Verses 9–24 KJV)
 
 [9 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/9) In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/10) And, behold, there met him a woman *with* the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/11) (She *is* loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
 
 [12 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/12) Now *is she* without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/13) So she caught him, and kissed him, *and* with an impudent face said unto him,*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/14) *I have* peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/15) Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/16) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved *works*, with fine linen of Egypt.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/17) I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/18) Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/19) For the goodman *is* not at home, he is gone a long journey:
 
 [20 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/20) He hath taken a bag of money with him, *and* will come home at the day appointed.**
 
 [21 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/21) With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/22) He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;*
 
 [23 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/23) Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it *is* for his life.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/proverbs/7/24) ¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
 
[Proverbs 6](/kjv/proverbs/6) [Proverbs 8](/kjv/proverbs/8)

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