Proverbs 7:23


Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.

Numbers 25:8-9

and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through the body, the man of Israel and the woman. Then the plague on the Israelites stopped.

Proverbs 1:17


Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

Proverbs 9:18


But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

A dart

Knoweth

General references

Bible References

A dart

Numbers 25:8
and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through the body, the man of Israel and the woman. Then the plague on the Israelites stopped.

As a bird

Proverbs 1:17

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;
Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.

Knoweth

Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

General references

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
Proverbs 2:18

For her house leads down to death
And her paths lead to the dead;