Proverbs 7:22

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He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

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  • Job 13:27 : 27 You put my feet in shackles and watch all my ways; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the temple of the LORD.
  • Acts 14:13 : 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates, intending to offer sacrifices with the crowds.
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:20-21
    2 verses
    84%

    20 'He took a bag of silver with him and will not return home until the full moon.'

    21 With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

  • 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 7:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

    8 Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Prov 7:10-13
    4 verses
    76%

    10 And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

    11 She is loud and rebellious; her feet do not stay at home.

    12 Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

    13 She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him:

  • Prov 7:25-27
    3 verses
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    25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

    26 For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain.

    27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.

  • 26 I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    74%

    24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • 22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

  • 16 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • 4 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Hos 2:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness.

    7 Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'

  • Prov 2:16-19
    4 verses
    72%

    16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

    17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

    18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

    19 None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Prov 5:19-21
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    72%

    19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.

    20 Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 5:3-6
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    3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

    4 But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

    5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

    6 She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • 71%

    14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

    15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • 32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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    19 The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

    20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • 12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

  • 23 He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.

  • 21 Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • 7 Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

  • 7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

  • 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.

  • 9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • 8 For his feet are cast into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

  • 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

  • 11 Like a dog returning to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

  • 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.