Proverbs 7:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare– just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.
  • Num 25:8-9 : 8 and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites. 9 Those that died in the plague were 24,000.
  • Prov 1:17 : 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

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