Proverbs 5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 5:18. Let thy fountain be blessed Thy wife, as the next clause explains it, shall be blessed with children; or rather, she shall be a blessing and a comfort to thee, as it follows, and not a curse and snare, as a harlot would be. And rejoice, &c. Seek not to harlots for that comfort and delight which God allows thee to take in thy wife. So here he explains the foregoing metaphor, and applies it to its present design; with the wife of thy youth Whom thou didst marry in thy... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:19

Proverbs 5:19. Let her be as the loving hind Hebrew, as the hind of loves; as amiable and delightful as the hinds are to princes and great men, who used to make them tame and familiar, and to take great delight in them, as has been observed by many writers. “The wise man,” says Bishop Patrick, “describes allegorically the felicities of the nuptial state, first under the comparison of a domestic fountain, where a man may quench his natural thirst, and from whence streams, that is,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:20-21

Proverbs 5:20-21. And why wilt thou be ravished with a strange woman? Consider a little, and deny, if thou canst, that it is an unaccountable folly to seek that satisfaction and comfort in a vile harlot, which thou mayest enjoy more pleasantly, securely, and constantly, as well as more innocently, in a pious wife of thine own people. For the ways of man are before the Lord “From whom no one can hide his most private actions, but he plainly sees and weighs all that a person doth,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:22-23

Proverbs 5:22-23. His own iniquities shall take the wicked “Let him not think to escape, because he is so cunning that nobody observes him, or so powerful that no one can call him to an account; for his own manifold iniquities shall arrest and apprehend him.” And he shall be holden with the cords of his sins “He shall need no other chains to bind, and hold him fast, to answer for them to God.” Bishop Patrick. He shall die without instruction Because he neglected instruction; or, as באין... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

Temptations to sexual immorality (5:1-23)Strong warning is given to beware of the prostitute and the temptations she offers. (The frequency of this warning in Proverbs indicates that prostitution must have been a widespread social evil at the time.) The pleasure that the prostitute brings is shortlived, but the bitterness that follows is lasting. It leads eventually to death (5:1-6).A man must flee the temptations offered by such immoral company, otherwise he may finish a physical and moral... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:1

My son. See note on Proverbs 1:8 . understanding =. discernment. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:2

regard discretion, &c. Hebrew infinitive = to guard deep counsels and knowledge. Let them mount guard over thy lips. Compare James 3:8 , "the tongue can no man tame". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:3

a strange woman. Two words are used for "strange" and "stranger": one, Hebrew. zur, an apostate Israelite woman gone over to the idolatrous impurities of heathen religion; the other nakar, a purely foreign woman of a similar character. The danger is religious rather than moral. Hence here it is zur. See note on Proverbs 2:16 . drop as an honeycomb = distil honey. The invitations of religious idolatry suit the tastes of the natural man. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:5

hell = the grave. Hebrew. sheol. App-35 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder. Render: So that she findeth not the level path of life; her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not. read more

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