Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.)
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- Proverbs 23:28Rank 1 from verse 12
- Proverbs 9:14Rank 2 from verse 12
- Revelation 18:3Rank 3 from verse 12
3For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
3For all nations haue drunke of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the Kings of the earth haue committed fornication with her, & the Merchants of the earth are waxed rich thorow the ‖abundance of her delicacies.
- Ezekiel 16:24–25Rank 4 from verse 12
24That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.
25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
24‖ That thou hast also built vnto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in euery streete.
25Thou hast built thy high place at euery head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feete to euery one that passed by, and multiplied thy whooredomes.
- Ezekiel 16:31Rank 5 from verse 12
31In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
31‖In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of euery way, and makest thine high place in euery streete, and hast not beene as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire:
- Jeremiah 2:20Rank 6 from verse 12
20¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
20¶ ‖**For of old time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst; I will not transgresse: when vpon euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree thou wandrest, playing the harlot.
- Jeremiah 2:33Rank 7 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 2:36Rank 8 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 3:2Rank 9 from verse 12
2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
2Lift vp thine eyes vnto the high places, and see where thou hast not bene lien with: in the wayes hast thou sate for them, as the Arabian in the wildernesse, and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomes, and with thy wickednes.
- Revelation 18:23Rank 10 from verse 12
23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee: and the voice of the bridegrome and of the bride shalbe heard no more at all in thee: for thy Merchants were the great men of the earth: for by thy sorceries were all nations deceiued.
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Proverbs 7:12
Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely.
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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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7:6¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7:6¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,
7:7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
7:7†And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,
7:8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
7:8Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,
7:9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
7:9†In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
7:10And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.
7:11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
7:11*(She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house:
7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
7:12Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.)
Selected passage7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
7:13†So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him,
7:14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
7:14† I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes.
7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
7:15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
7:16I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt.
7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:17I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
7:18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
7:18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning, let vs solace our selues with loues.
7:19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
7:19For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney.
7:20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
7:20†‖He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
7:21With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
7:22†He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,
7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
7:23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.