Proverbs 7:22

He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the chastisement of the fool,

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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

21By her much fair speech she seduced him; By the smoothness of her lips she drew him away.

23Till an arrow strike through his liver;—As a bird hasteneth into the snare, And knoweth not that it is laid for its life.

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Cross References

Job 13:27Yea, thou puttest my feet in the stocks, And waterest all my paths; Thou hemmest in the soles of my feet.

Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, that was in front of the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have offered sacrifice with the multitudes.

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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