Proverbs 7:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:27 : 27 And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
  • Jer 20:2 : 2 and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that `are' by the high gate of Benjamin, that `is' by the house of Jehovah.
  • Acts 14:13 : 13 And the priest of the Zeus that is before their city, oxen and garlands unto the porches having brought, with the multitudes did wish to sacrifice,
  • Acts 16:24 : 24 who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.

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    23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

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    7And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

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    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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    19A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

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