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Proverbs 7:14

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

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
KJV
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
WEB
“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
ASV
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.
DARBY
I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
BLB
“Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] by me; this day I have paid my vows;
ÅB
Takkoffer skulle jeg bære fram, og idag har jeg innfridd mine løfter;
OTB
«Jeg har oppfylt mine løfter i dag, og jeg har mat fra mine fredsoffer hjemme.
B1930
Takkoffer skulde jeg bære frem, og idag har jeg innfridd mine løfter;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 21:27

    The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

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  • Leviticus 7:11

    And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 17:1

    Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:6–7

    And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

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  • 2 Samuel 15:7–9

    And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

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  • 1 Kings 21:9–10

    And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

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