Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27
Proverbs 7:1-Daniel : . The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. Proverbs 7:1-Deuteronomy : . General advice to the young man to observe the commandments and the torah of the sage, that he may be preserved from the adulteress. Proverbs 7:3 b. cf. 2 Corinthians 3:3, and for the opposite thought Jeremiah 17:1. Proverbs 7:4 . kinswoman: lit. “ one well known,” “ familiar friend,” only in Ruth 2:1; Ruth 3:2... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:24-27
A Final Appeal Addressed To ‘Sons’ Not To Follow Her Because Her Way Is The Way Of Death (Proverbs 7:24-27 ). This final appeal is addressed, not to ‘my son’ but to ‘sons’. He may well be thinking, not only of the young man, but of those who will follow in later generations. And he calls on them not to be led astray, because such women have had many victims, and the consequence for all of them has been death. The subsection is in the form of a simple chiasmus: A Now therefore, sons, listen... read more