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Proverbs 7:23 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 7 · verse 23
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 · King James Version
Proverbs 7:23 in context
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;
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.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hastethmâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- strikepâlachto sliceH6398 →
- liverkâbêdthe liverH3516 →
- snarepacha sheetH6341 →
- dartchêtsproperly, a piercerH2671 →
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Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-23