Proverbs 7:22

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

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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

21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

23Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

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Cross References

Job 13:27You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,

Acts 14:13The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along 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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