Proverbs 7:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:27 : 27 And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD’s temple.
  • Acts 14:13 : 13 The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 Receiving such orders, he threw 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%

    20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”

    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

  • Prov 7:23
    82%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 7:7-8
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    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 7:10-13
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    76%

    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

    13So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,

  • Prov 7:25-27
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 11:22
    73%

    22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.

  • Prov 9:16
    73%

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Prov 9:4
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    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Hos 2:6-7
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    6The Lord’s Discipline Will Bring Israel Back Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

    7Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”

  • Prov 2:16-19
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

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

  • Prov 5:19-21
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    72%

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

  • Prov 5:3-6
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    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

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

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 22:14-15
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    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

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

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    70%

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

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 5:23
    70%

    23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 14:7
    70%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

  • Prov 18:7
    70%

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

  • Song 1:8
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    8The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

  • Prov 26:9
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    9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.

  • Job 18:8
    70%

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

  • Prov 26:11
    70%

    11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

  • Prov 23:27
    70%

    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.