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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:26

For she hath east down many wounded. Delitzsch, "For many are the slain whom she hath caused to fall." The harlot marks her course with ruined souls, as a ruthless conqueror leaves a field of battle strewn with corpses. Yea, many strong ( atsum ) men have been slain by her. One thinks of Samson and David and Solomon, the victims of illicit love, and suffering for it. Vulgate, et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea. But the Septuagint and many moderns take atsum in the sense... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to hell ( sheol ) . A warning fontal in Proverbs 2:18 and Proverbs 5:5 . Viae inferi domus ejus. The plural דַּרְכֵי is well expressed by Hitzig: "Her house forms a multiplicity of ways to hell." Manifold are the ways of destruction to which adultery leads; but they all look to one awful end. Going down to the chambers of death. Once entangled in the toils of the temptress, the victim may pass through many stages, but he ends finally in the lowest... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7

A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000. Chastity is a virtue of so much consequence, and impurity such a bane to youth, that the wise man thought he could not too often make mention of the danger of the one, to move men carefully to preserve the other. Therefore he repeats, with renewed importunities, what he had before urged; and, after an exhortation to cleave to wisdom, as a preservative from such sins, Proverbs 7:1-5 , he represents, together with the simpleness of young men, the cunning and crafty... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:2-4

Proverbs 7:2-4. Keep my commandments, and live That is, thou shalt live. It is a promise in the form of a command, as Proverbs 3:25. And my law as the apple of thine eye With all possible care and diligence, as men guard that most noble and necessary, and therefore highly-esteemed and beloved part of the body from all danger, yea, even from the least mote. Bind them upon thy fingers As a ring which is put upon them, and is continually in a man’s eye. Constantly remember and meditate... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5. That they may keep thee from the strange woman One reason why Solomon so often cautions his disciple in this manner, and inculcates upon him the important duty of shunning all acquaintance with lewd women, probably was because he observed those vices to abound more than they had formerly done in his time, in which peace and prosperity had made way for luxury and uncleanness. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:6-10

Proverbs 7:6-10 . For I looked through my casement Hebrew, בעד אשׁנבי , per fenestellam meam, my little window, or lattice, rather. For “in Palestine they had no glass to their windows: they closed them with lattices or curtains.” This may either be considered as an historical relation, or a parabolical representation of that which frequently happened. I beheld among the simple ones Among the fools; a young man void of understanding חסר לב , destitute of a heart, a body without a... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:11-12

Proverbs 7:11-12. She is loud, &c. Here the wise man draws her character. המיה היא וסררת , She is clamorous and obstinate, or refractory. She is full of talk, self-willed, disobedient to her husband, rebellious against God, and incorrigible by any admonitions of ministers or friends. Her feet abide not in her house She minds not her business, which lies in her own house, but gives herself wholly up to idleness and pleasure, which she seeks in gadding abroad, and in changing her... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:14

Proverbs 7:14. I have peace-offerings with me “I am a woman happy in many blessings, which God hath bestowed upon me, and for which I have given him solemn thanks this very day; and, as religion and custom bind me, I have provided as good a feast as those sacrifices, which I formerly vowed, and have now paid, would afford, having no want of any thing, but of some good company at home to rejoice with me.” This woman’s conduct was the more abominable, as she covered her lewdness with the mask... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:15-20

Proverbs 7:15-20. Therefore came I forth to meet thee As not being able to take any pleasure in my feast without thy company; and I have found thee By a happy providence of God complying with my desires, to my great joy, I have found thee speedily and most opportunely. Thus this wicked woman pretended that she came forth on purpose to meet this youth, from a peculiar affection, as if she had had a prior acquaintance and intimacy with him. I have decked my bed, &c. She desires to... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:21-23

Proverbs 7:21-23 . With her much fair speech Which implies that her alluring words were more effectual with him than her impudent kisses, which possibly had a little alienated his mind from her; she caused him to yield By this expression Solomon signifies that no provocation to sin is a sufficient excuse for it. With the flattering of her lips she forced him She prevailed over him; which argues that there was some reluctance in his judgment, or conscience, against yielding to her. He... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:2-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:6-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:15-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:21-23

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