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Proverbs 7:23
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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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Proverbs 7:23
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · 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 (PCE + 1611)
To hit, smite, or pierce.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · 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 (PCE + 1611)
To haste: to hurry, act quickly, or make speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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 (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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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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