Proverbs 7:22

He followed her right away, like an ox to the slaughter. Like a stag that's caught in a snare

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In The King James Version

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

In Context

21She convinced him with all that she said; she seduced him with her smooth talking.

23until an arrow pierces its liver, like a bird flying into a trap, he's unaware he will pay with his life.

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Cross References

Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks. You keep an eye on every step I take. You even inspect my footprints!

Acts 14:13The priest of the temple of Zeus that lay just outside the town, brought oxen and wreaths to the town gates. He planned to carry out a sacrifice in front of the crowds.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24

The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →

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