Proverbs 7:23

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.
  • Num 25:8-9 : 8 followed the Israelite man into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—the Israelite man and the woman—into her belly. Then the plague against the Israelites was stopped. 9 But those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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

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    7His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

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    10His rope lies hidden in the ground, and his trap is set along the path.

  • Job 20:24-25
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    24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him.

    25It is drawn out and comes forth from his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come over him.

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Free yourself like a gazelle from the trap, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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  • Prov 1:17-18
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    17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

    18But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

  • Job 40:24
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    24Can anyone capture him by his eyes or pierce his nose with snares?

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Amos 3:5
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    5Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait for it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it has caught nothing?

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    24Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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    7They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.

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

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I 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.

  • Job 39:23
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    23The quiver rattles against it, along with the flashing spear and javelin.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

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  • Ps 7:13
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  • Prov 27:8
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    32In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

  • Ps 35:8
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    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Jer 17:11
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    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

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    15Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

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