STOCKS

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Feet fastened in, as a punishment
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. (Job 13:2727Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. (Job 13:27))
He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. (Job 33:1111He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. (Job 33:11))
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (Proverbs 7:2222He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (Proverbs 7:22))
In prisons
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. (Jeremiah 20:22Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. (Jeremiah 20:2))
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. (Acts 16:2424Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. (Acts 16:24))