16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)
22 All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](B)
23     till an arrow pierces(C) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
  2. Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”(A)

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I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name

24 “This is my blood of the[a] covenant,(A) which is poured out for many,” he said to them.

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  1. Mark 14:24 Some manuscripts the new

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”(A)

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

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“Is my complaint(A) directed to a human being?
    Why should I not be impatient?(B)

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26 Many are the victims she has brought down;
    her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
    leading down to the chambers of death.(A)

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