Proverbs 7:23
Until an arrow splits his liver, || As a bird has hurried to a snare, || And has not known that it [is] for its life.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
24And now, you sons, listen to me, || And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
Cross References
Numbers 25:8and goes in after the man of Israel to the hollow place, and pierces them both, the man of Israel and the woman—to her belly, and the plague is restrained from the sons of Israel;
Proverbs 9:18And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, || Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol!
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 →