Proverbs 7:20-22

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²⁰he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”

²¹With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
²²All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast^[a]

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Proverbs 7:22 Cn Compare Gk: Heb uncertain

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