Proverbs 7:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 13:27 : 27 You put my feet also in the stocks, and watch closely all my paths; you set a mark upon the soles of my feet.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 Then Pashur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
  • Acts 14:13 : 13 Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to sacrifice with the people.
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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