KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 7:22–23
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Proverbs 7:22
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
22†He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,
- Heb. suddenly.
Proverbs 7:23
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:22
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
straightway
Immediately and without delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number; as a verb, to kill or slay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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correction
Discipline or chastening intended to correct.
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A restraining frame or instrument in which the feet or body of a prisoner are fastened.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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Proverbs 7:23
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; anything that pierces or wounds like such a missile.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
To hit, smite, or pierce.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A large organ of the body that forms part of the inward parts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
To haste: to hurry, act quickly, or make speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
A device or stratagem used to catch or entangle; figuratively, a cause of danger, sin, or ruin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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From verse 22
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Open the full verse study27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
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Open the full verse study13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
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Open the full verse study24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
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Open the full verse study2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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Open the full verse study18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Open the full verse study8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
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Open the full verse study17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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