Proverbs 7:22

A Conservative Version

He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

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Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.

who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.

And the priest of Zeus, being in front of their city, after bringing oxen and garlands to the gates, wanted to sacrifice with the multitudes.

Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of LORD.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.

till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.