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Pro 7:23 — Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a dart		Num 25:8,9
as a bird		Pro 1:17; Ecc 9:12
knoweth		Pro 9:18

Correlating Passages

a dart

	Num 25:8	And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
	Num 25:9	And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

as a bird

	Pro 1:17	Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
	Ecc 9:12	For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

knoweth

Pro 9:18

But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 7:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/7/23.html>.

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