Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 7:23 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.”
Proverbs 7:23
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
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