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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Proverbs 7:12 Catholic Bible: or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/proverbs/7-12.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/proverbs/7-12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/7-12.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs</a> > <a href="/gntd/proverbs/7.htm">Chapter 7</a> > Verse 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/7-11.htm" title="Proverbs 7:11">◄</a> Proverbs 7:12 {13} <a href="../proverbs/7-13.htm" title="Proverbs 7:13">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/proverbs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/proverbs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />who walk street after street, waiting to trap a man. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, lurking in ambush at every corner. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/9-14.htm">Proverbs 9:14</a> To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28</a> She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20,33,36</a> Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2</a> Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/16-24.htm">Ezekiel 16:24,25,31</a> That thou didst also build thee a common stew, and madest thee a brothel house in every street. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3,23</a> Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; And the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of her delicacies. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/proverbs/7.htm">Warnings about the Adulteress</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl">And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:</span><span class="reftext">13</span>I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/7-8.htm">Proverbs 7:8</a></span><br />In the dark when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/9-14.htm">Proverbs 9:14</a></span><br />To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../proverbs/23-28.htm">Proverbs 23:28</a></span><br />She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-19.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-23.htm">Lurking</a> <a href="/psalms/55-11.htm">Market</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Out-Place</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Places</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">Road</a> <a href="/psalms/135-2.htm">Spaces</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">Street</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-16.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-27.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-3.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/22-13.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/songs/3-2.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-9.htm">Corner</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-17.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-23.htm">Lurking</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-3.htm">Market</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm">Open</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm">Out-Place</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-2.htm">Places</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm">Road</a> <a href="/songs/2-9.htm">Spaces</a> <a href="/songs/3-2.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-4.htm">Street</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-13.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-14.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-6.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/7-12.htm">Proverbs 7:12 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: And at by corner every in is lurks lurks now she squares street streets the<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/proverbs/7-12.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:12 Now she is in the streets now (Prov. 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