Proverbs 7:23

Till 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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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

22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the chastisement of the fool,

24Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me, And attend to the words of my mouth!

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:18But he considereth not that the dead are there, That in the vales of the under-world are her guests.

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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