Proverbs 6:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Save yourself, just as a deer or a bird tries to escape from a hunter.

Cross References

Psalm 11:1

The LORD is my fortress! Don't say to me, “Escape like a bird to the mountains!”

Psalm 124:7

and we escaped like birds from a hunter's torn net.

Psalm 91:3

The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases.

Proverbs 1:17

They are like a bird that sees the bait, but ignores the trap.

Song of Solomon 2:7

Young women of Jerusalem, promise me by the power of deer and gazelles never to awaken love before it is ready.

Song of Solomon 2:9

like a deer or a gazelle. Now he stands outside our wall, looking through the window