Judges 16:19
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19 She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began (A)to torment him, and his strength left him.
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Proverbs 7:26-27
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26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are (A)a mighty throng.
27 Her house is (B)the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Proverbs 7:21-23
English Standard Version
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with (A)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[a]
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as (B)a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool
Ecclesiastes 7:26
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26 And I find something more (A)bitter than death: (B)the woman whose heart is (C)snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but (D)the sinner is taken by her.
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Proverbs 23:33-34
English Standard Version
33 Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter (A)perverse things.
34 You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
like one who lies on the top of a mast.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:34 Or of the rigging
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