Proverbs 7:23

A Conservative Version

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also does not know his time. As the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falls suddenly upon them.

Proverbs 9:18

But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird,

Proverbs 6:26

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:32

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

Proverbs 7:22

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

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.