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Proverbs 7:23

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Till 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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  1. Proverbs 7:21

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

  2. Proverbs 7:22

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

  3. Proverbs 7:24

    Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  4. Proverbs 7:25

    Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.