Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:6
7:6 {b} For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,(b) Solomon uses this parable to declare their folly, who allow themselves to be abused by harlots. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:9
7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the {c} black and dark night:(c) He shows that there was almost no one so impudent that they were not afraid to be seen, their consciences accusing them and causing them to seek the night to cover their filthiness. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:11
7:11(She {d} [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:(d) He describes certain conditions, which are peculiar to harlots. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:14
7:14 [I have] {e} peace offerings with me; this {f} day have I paid my vows.(e) Because in peace offerings a portion is returned to them that offered, she shows him that she has meat at home to make good cheer with or else she would use some cloak of holiness till she had gotten him in her snares.(f) Which declares that harlots outwardly will seem holy and religious: both because they may better deceive others, and also thinking to observe ceremonies and offerings to make satisfaction for their... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:22
7:22 He goeth after her quickly, as an {g} ox goeth to the slaughter, or {h} as a fool to the correction of the stocks;(g) Which thinking he goes to the pasture goes willingly to his own destruction.(h) Who goes cheerfully, not knowing that he will be chastised. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:26
7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many {i} strong [men] have been slain by her.(i) Neither wit nor strength can deliver them who fall into the hands of the harlot. read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27
These chapters begin with reminiscence. A father is reciting to a son the precepts taught him by his father in his youth, and which cover chapter four. Chapter five is a warning against the evil woman. Chapter six deals with suretyship, indolence, malice and violence, while chapter seven returns to the theme of chapter five. In the first-named chapter occurs the beautiful illustration of Hebrew rhythm to which attention was called in Lesson 1; and following it we find in Proverbs 4:18 and... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 7:1-27
A Pitiful Picture Proverbs 7:0 The father gathers himself together as for a final effort to rescue his son from the temptations and perils of life. The appeal really begins with the twenty-fourth verse of the preceding chapter. By a description the most vivid and graphic ever drawn by human genius, the young man is warned of a vital danger. The only security of the "son" is to keep the commandment of the father, and to make his law as the apple of the eye. The father exhorts the son to bind... read more
Robert Hawker
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 7:1
CONTENTS. In this Chapter under the representation of an harlot, the deception that is practised upon our fallen nature is strikingly set forth, and the departure from God in sin and uncleanness is in strong colours painted. Proverbs 7:1-5 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 7:2
7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the {a} apple of thy eye.(a) By this diversity of words, he means that nothing should be so dear to us as the word of God, nor that we look on anything more nor mind anything so much. read more