Proverbs 7:21-23

Contemporary English Version

²¹ And so, she tricked him
with all of her sweet talk
    and her flattery.
²² At once he followed her
like an ox on the way
    to be slaughtered,
or like a fool on the way
to be punished^[a]
23     and killed with arrows.
He was no more than a bird
    rushing into a trap,
without knowing
    it would cost him his life.