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Proverbs 7:23
Proverbs 7:23 is verse 23 of Proverbs chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
King James Version
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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.
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Proverbs 7:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
24 Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 25:8followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.