Proverbs 7:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11

She is loud; boisterous, clamorous, as Proverbs 9:13 . The description applies to a brute beast at certain periods. Stubborn; ungovernable, like an animal that will not bear the yoke ( Hosea 4:16 ). Vulgate, garrula et vaga, "talkative and unsettled;" Septuagint, ἀνεπτερωμένη καὶ ἄσωτος , "flighty and debauched." Her feet abide not in her house. She is the opposite of the careful, modest housewife, who stays at home and manages her family affairs ( Titus 2:5 ). The Vulgate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11-12

Proverbs 7:11 and Proverbs 7:12 describe the character and habits of this woman, not as she appeared on this occasion, but as she is known to the writer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:12

Now is she without, now in the streets. At one moment outside her own door, at another in the open street. Septuagint: "At one time she roams without ( ἔξω ῥέμβεται )." The woman is represented not as a common prostitute, but as a licentious wife, who, in her unbridled lustfulness, acts the part of a harlot. Lieth in wait at every corner; seeking to entice some victim. Then the narrative proceeds; the writer returns to what he beheld on the occasion to which he refers. read more

Joseph Benson

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

More about sexual misbehaviour (6:20-7:27)Sometimes teaching can be so well known that people no longer take any notice of it. Therefore, they must remind themselves to be obedient to familiar truths (20-22). One matter concerning which the writer repeats his earlier warnings is sexual immorality. Offenders are merely destroying themselves (23-29). People may not despise a desperately hungry person who steals food; nevertheless, the person must be dealt with and made to repay (with interest)... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 7:11

11, 12. loud—or, "noisy," "bustling." stubborn—not submissive. without . . . streets, . . . corner—(Compare 1 Timothy 5:13; Titus 2:5). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27

The Bad WomanA picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.2. The apple] lit. ’the little man’ of the eye, so called because an image is reflected from the pupil of the eye. It is a figure for the most precious and delicate things (Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8). 3. The Jews wear a long leather band twisted round the arm and fingers during prayer. Passages of Scripture written on parchment and enclosed in a small leather box are at the same time worn on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 7:11

(11) Her feet abide not in her house.—She is not a “keeper at home,” as St. Paul (Titus 2:5) would have Christian matrons to be. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

CHAPTER 8REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING"I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6THE three chapters which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and picturesque contrast between Folly and Wisdom-Folly more especially in the form of vice; Wisdom more generally in her highest and most universal intention. Folly is throughout concrete, an actual woman portrayed with such correctness of detail that she is felt as a personal force. Wisdom, on the other band, is... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27

CHAPTER 7 The entire chapter is a continuation of the strange woman and the warning against her. The Word and the law of the Lord will keep the obedient son from her. If Solomon had obeyed the Word of God, not to multiply wives (Deuteronomy 17:17 ) his end would not have been spent in the degrading fellowship with the harlots of other nations. The description is very graphic. What the word pictures is as prominent in the great centers of Christendom as it was thousands of years ago in Babylon... read more

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