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Proverbs 7:12

Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

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ASV

Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

KJV

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פַּ֤עַם׀Pa.'ama timeH6471 →
בַּח֗וּץba.Chutzin the streetH2351 →
פַּ֥עַםPa.'ama timeH6471 →
בָּרְחֹב֑וֹתba.re.cho.Votin the open placesH7339 →
וְאֵ֖צֶלve.'E.tzeland besideH681 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
פִּנָּ֣הpi.NahcornerH6438 →
תֶאֱרֹֽב׃te.'e.Roshe lies in waitH693 →

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Proverbs 23:28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”Ezekiel 16:31But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.Jeremiah 2:33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.Jeremiah 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”Ezekiel 16:24–25you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.Genesis 38:14she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.Proverbs 7:8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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