Proverbs 7:22 - Revised Standard Version CI

²² All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast

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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,

Proverbs 7:22 Cross References

Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Proverbs 7:23

till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Jeremiah 20:2

Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord.

Acts 14:13

And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the people.

Acts 16:24

Having received this charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.