Proverbs 7:22 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²² 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Suddenly he [yields and] follows her reluctantly like an ox moving to the slaughter, like one in fetters going to the correction [to be given] to a fool or like a dog enticed by food to the muzzle

American Standard Version (1901)

²² He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

Common English Bible

²² He goes headlong after her, like an ox to the slaughter, like a deer leaping into a trap,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

Proverbs 7:22 Cross References

Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Proverbs 6:32

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 7:21

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

Proverbs 7:23

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

Jeremiah 20:2

Then 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.

Acts 14:13

Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

Acts 16:24

who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.