Proverbs 7:21-27

Warning Against the Adulteress

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with g her smooth talk she compels him.
 22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast 1
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as h a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

24 And i now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
 25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
 26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are j a mighty throng.
 27 Her house is k the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

  1. Cross References
    Proverbs 5:3
    For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
    Proverbs 6:24
    To preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
    Psalms 12:2
    Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
  2. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 9:12
    For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 4:1
    Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight.
  4. Cross References
    Nehemiah 13:26
    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.
    Judges 16:1 - 5
    Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 2:18
    For her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed.
    Proverbs 5:5
    Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol.
    Proverbs 9:18
    But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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