Proverbs 7:22 · KJV
“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}”
— Proverbs 7:22
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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 — Context
He hath taken a bag of money with him, {and} will come home at the day appointed. {with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Job 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}
Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that {were} in the high gate of Benjamin, which {was} by the house of the LORD.
Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts 14:13
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.