Proverbs 7:22 (BSB)

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 7:22

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-23: Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman. Such a story as this would serve the lewd profane poets of our age to make a play of, and the harlot with them would be a heroine; nothing...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 7:22: Till a dart strike through his liver,.... The fountain of blood, and so of life; which, being pierced through and poured out, is certain death, Lam 2:11; the meaning is, till he is slain either by the hand of God, or by the civil magistrate, or by the jealous husband; and be thrust through by him, as Zimri and Cozbi were by Phinehas.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 7:22: straightway--quickly, either as ignorant of danger, or incapable of resistance.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 7:22: He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (g) Which thinking he goes to the pasture goes willingly to his own destruction. (h) Who goes cheerfully, not knowing that he will be chastised.