Proverbs 7:23

And he hastens as a bird into a snare, 1 Not knowing that he is running for his life. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

In Context

22And he followed her, being gently led on, 1 And that as an ox is led to the slaughter, 1 And as a dog to bonds, 1 Or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: 1

24Now then, my son, hearken to me, 1 And attend to the words of my mouth. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 25:8and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

Proverbs 9:18d That thou mayest live long, 1 And years of life may be added to thee.

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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