Proverbs 7:22
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Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, (NASB ©1995)

Proverbs 7:21 With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. (NASB ©1995)


He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

straightway suddenly as an Ac 14:13

as a: Dr. Grey making a slight alteration in the text, renders, 'as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till a dart strike through his liver and Dr. Hunt 'Or as a hart boundeth into the toils, till a dart strike through his liver' The LXX Chaldee, Syriac and Arabic, concur in this interpretation. The circumstance of the dart, as applied to the deer, is beautiful and proper, which otherwise we are at a loss to dispose of; and this creature, of all others, was the most proper to be noticed on this occasion; for the usual representation which the Egyptians made of a man overthrown by flattery and fair speeches was the picture of a heart captivated and ensnared by the sound of music

the correction Job 13:27 Jer 20:2 Ac 16:24

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