Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 7:22

22. He goeth after her straightway , as an oxe to the slaughter , or as a fool to the correction of the stocks ▪

Without delay and consideration.

Either being drawn and driven to it: Or going to it securely, as if it were going to a good Pasture.

Or, which is more agreeable to the order of the words in the Hebrew Text, as one in Fetters, or, bound with Fetters, to the correction of a Fool, i. e. to receive such correction or punishment, as belongs to fools. Which may imply, either 1. that he hath no more sense of the shame and mischief which he is bringing upon himself than a Fool. Or, 2. that he can no more resist the temptation, nor avoid the danger than a man fast tied with Chains or Fetters can free himself, although his be a moral and voluntary and not a natural impotency.

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