Proverbs 7:19
“For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:”
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.”
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;”
“And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.”
“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”
“But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;”