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Proverbs 7:22

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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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  1. Job 13:27Rank 1 from verse 22
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    27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  2. Acts 14:13Rank 2 from verse 22
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    13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

  3. Acts 16:24Rank 3 from verse 22
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    24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

  4. Jeremiah 20:2Rank 4 from verse 22
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    2Then 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.

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Proverbs 7:22

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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slaughter

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Sense 1: The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number. Sense 2: As a verb, to kill or slay.

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fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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correction

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Discipline, chastening, or instruction that corrects error and restores what is right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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stocks

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A restraining frame or instrument in which the feet or body of a prisoner are fastened.

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,

7:7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

7:8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

7:9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

7:11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

7:12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

7:14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

7:18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

7:19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

7:20He 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.

7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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