Judges 16:19
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19 She let him fall asleep on her lap, and she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. He began to weaken,[a] and his strength left him.(A)
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- 16.19 Gk: Heb She began to torment him
Proverbs 7:26-27
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26 For many are those she has laid low,
and numerous are her victims.(A)
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.(B)
Proverbs 7:21-23
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21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.(A)
22 Right away he follows her
and goes like an ox to the slaughter
or bounds like a stag toward the trap[a]
23 until an arrow pierces its entrails.
He is like a bird rushing into a snare,
not knowing that it will cost him his life.(B)
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- 7.22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ecclesiastes 7:26
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26 I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.(A)
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Proverbs 23:33-34
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33 Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind utter perverse things.(A)
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]
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- 23.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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