Proverbs 7:23
Verse 23 of 27. The 7th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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Proverbs 7:23 in the World English Bible
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.Read Proverbs 7:23 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:23
With what pity does Solomon here look upon this foolish young man, when he sees him follow the adulterous woman! (1.) He gives him up for gone; alas! he is undone. he goes to the slaughter (for houses of uncleanness are slaughter-houses to precious souls); a dart will presently strike through his liver; going without his breast-plate, he will receive his death's wound, v. 23.
Read Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:6–23: The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress.
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