Proverbs 7:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:27 : 27 Thou puttest my feete also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly vnto all my pathes, and makest the print thereof in ye heeles of my feet.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the hie gate of Beniamin which was by the House of the Lorde.
  • Acts 14:13 : 13 Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought bulles with garlands vnto the gates, & would haue sacrificed with the people.
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 Who hauing receiued such commaundement, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feete fast in the stockes.

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    23Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

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    10And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.

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    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

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