Proverbs 5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:3

Pro 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: Ver. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop. ] Take heed therefore how thou exchange any words at all with her. But if thou be first set upon, as Joseph was by his mistress, and as Franciscus Junius a was by those impudent queans (harlots) at Lyons, in France (whither he was sent by his father for learning’s sake), who night and day solicited him; then to keep thee from the bitter sweet lips... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:4

Pro 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Ver. 4. But her end is bitter as wormwood. ] The pleasure passeth, the sting remaineth; for in the froth of this filthy pleasure is bred that hell worm of guilt that never dieth. a “ Principium dulce est, sed finis amoris amarus: Laeta venire Venus, tristis abire solet. ” Diana of the Ephesians was so artificially portrayed, that she seemed to smile most pleasantly upon such as came into her temple, but to frown at those... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:5

Pro 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Ver. 5. Her feet go down to death. ] The Romans were wont to have their funerals at the gates of Venus’s temple, to signify that lust was the harbinger and hastener of death, saith Plutarch. As for whores, they were of old shut out of the city, and forced to seek places among the graves. Hence they were called Maechae bustuariae. De scortis dictum inter busta prostrantibus, saith Turnebus. a See Trapp on " Pro 2:18 " Her... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:6

Pro 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them]. Ver. 6. Lest thou shouldest ponder, ] q.d., Lest thou shouldest persuade thyself that thou mayest embrace the bosom of a stranger, and yet lay hold upon the paths of life by repenting thee of thy folly - this was Solomon’s error sometimes Ecclesiastes 1:17 ; Ecc 2:3 - thou art utterly deceived herein, for her ways are moveable, so that thou observest not whither she tendeth; she... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:7

Pro 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Ver. 7. O ye children. ] See Proverbs 4:1 . Shechem, though at ripeness of age, yet is called a child. Gen 39:19 Neque distulit puer. And the young man, or the child, deferred not to do the thing. A child he is called, that is, a fool, quia non ratione sed affectu rapitur, saith an interpreter, a because not reason but lust overruled him. "As for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel," said... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:8

Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Ver. 8. Remove thy way far from her. ] The Jesuits boast (but believe them who will) that they can dally with the fairest women without danger. But he that would not be burnt must dread the fire; he that would not hear the bell, must not meddle with the rope. “ Quid facies facies Veneris cum veneris ante? Non sedeas, sed eas; ne pereas, per eas. ” "Chambering and wantonness," is a deed of darkness and dishonesty.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:9

Pro 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Ver. 9. Lest thou give thine honour, ] i.e., Whatsoever within thee, or without thee, may make thee honourable or esteemed, as the flower of thine age, the comeliness of thy body, the excellency of thy wit, thy possibility of preferment, that good opinion that the better sort had of thee, &c. How was David slighted by his own children and servants after he had thus sinned! Compare 1Sa 2:30 with 2 Samuel 12:10... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:10

Pro 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger; Ver. 10. Lest strangers be filled. ] This sin is a purgatory to the purse, though a paradise to the desires. How soon had the prodigal Aσωτος , Luke 15:13 , quasi ασωστος wasted his portion when once he fell among harlots, those sordida poscinummia, those crumenimulgae. "Ask me never so much gift, and I will give it," said Shechem. Gen 34:12 "What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, Thy... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:11

Pro 5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, Ver. 11. And thou mourn at the last. ] Heb., And thou roar; as being upon the rack of an evil conscience, and in the suburbs of hell, as it were: while "the just Lord" Zep 3:5 makes thee, even here, possess the sins of thy youth, and writes bitter things against thee. The word signifies, To roar as a lion, or as the sea, a or as the devil doth. For the devils believe and tremble, or roar. Jam 2:19 Grecians ascribe... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:12

Pro 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Ver. 12. And say, How have I hated, &c. ] When cast out with the prodigal, and hath nothing left him but a diseased body, a distressed soul, then, all too late, he fills the air with doleful complaints of his former folly, and cries out, as he did, Totum vitae meae tempus perdidi, quia perdite vixi. a Oh, what a wretch, what a beast, what a maddened devil was I, so woefully to waste the fat and marrow of my... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:3

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:12

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