Proverbs 7:23

עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל ־ פָּח וְלֹֽא ־ יָדַע כִּֽי ־ בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

22הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל ־ טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל ־ מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל ׃

24וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 25:8וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִֽישׁ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ הַקֻּבָּה וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת ־ שְׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת ־ הָאִשָּׁה אֶל ־ קֳבָתָהּ וַתֵּֽעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה מֵעַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Proverbs 9:18וְֽלֹא ־ יָדַע כִּֽי ־ רְפָאִים שָׁם בְּעִמְקֵי שְׁאוֹל קְרֻאֶֽיהָ ׃ פ

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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