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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:19

Pro 7:19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey: Ver. 19. For the goodman is not at home. ] Heb., The man, - not my man, or my husband, &c. The very mention (how much more the presence!) of such a man might have marred the mirth. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:20

Pro 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed. Ver. 20. He hath taken a bag of money. ] And so will not return in haste. Let not the children of this world be wiser than we: "Lay up treasure in heaven; provide yourselves bags that wax not old" Luk 12:33 Do as merchants, that being to travel into a far country, deliver their money here upon the exchange, that there they may receive it. Evagrius in Cedreuus bequeathed three hundred pound to the poor in... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:21

Pro 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. Ver. 21. With much fair speech. ] Fair words make fools fain. This Circe so enchanted the younker a with her fine language, that now she may do what she will with him, for he is wholly at her devotion. a A young nobleman or gentleman, a youth of high rank. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:22

Pro 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Ver. 22. He goeth after her straightway. ] Without any consideration of the sad consequences. Lust had blinded and besotted him, and even transformed him into a brute. Nos animas etiam incarnavimus, saith one. Many men have made their very spirit a lump of flesh, and are hurried on to hell with greatest violence. Chide them, you do but give medicine in a fit; counsel them,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:23

Pro 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life. Ver. 23. Till a dart strike through his liver, ] i.e, Filthy lust, that fiery dart of the devil, pointed and poisoned (as the Scythian darts are said to be) with the gall of asps and vipers. Philosophers a place lust in the liver. Mathematicians subject the liver to Venus; the poets b complain of cupid’s wounding them in that part. “ Cor sapit, et pulmo loquitur, fel... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:24

Pro 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Ver. 24. Hearken now therefore. ] Call up the ears of thy mind Luk 8:18 to the ears of thy body, that one sound may pierce both. Solomon knew well how hard it was to get ground of a raging lust, even as hard as to get ground of the sea. Hence he so sets on his exhortation. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:25

Pro 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Ver. 25. Let not thine heart. ] Think not of her, lust not after her. Thoughts and affections are sibi mutuo causae. "While I mused the fire burned," Psa 39:3 so that thoughts kindle affections, and these cause thoughts to boil. See Job 31:1 . See therefore that evil thoughts, though they rush into the heart, yet they rest not in it. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:26

Pro 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. Ver. 26. For she hath cast down many. ] That have let in death at those windows of wickedness, those loop holes of lust; that have died of the wound in the eye. Aliorum perditio tua sit cautio - Seest thou another man shipwrecked, look well to thy tacklings. Yea, many strong men have been slain by her. ] The valour of man hath oft been slaved by the wiles of a woman. Witness many of your greatest... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:27

Pro 7:27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Ver. 27. Her house is the way to Hell. ] The shortest cut to utter destruction. This, if well believed, would make the young man stop or step back, as if he had trod upon a serpent. “ Sed vivunt homines tanquam mors nulla sequatur: Aut velut infernus fabula vana foret. ” Going down to the chambers of death. ] Both temporal and eternal. Lo, those hosts that welcome men into their inn with smiling countenance will... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 7

Overview Proverbs 7:1, Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom; Proverbs 7:6, In an example of his own experience, he shews, Proverbs 7:10, the cunning of a harlot; Proverbs 7:22, and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton; Proverbs 7:24, He dehorteth from such wickedness. read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:22

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:23

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:26

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 7

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