Proverbs 5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. Or "they shall be thine own" F21 יהיו לך "erunt tui", Mercerus, Cocceius; "erunt tibi", Baynus; "existent tibi", Schultens. , as the Targum; meaning not the cistern, the well, or the wife, but the fountains and rivers, or the children; by a man's cleaving to his own wife, who is a chaste and virtuous woman, he is satisfied that the children he has by her are his own, and not another's; whereas if he has to do with a common... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed ,.... Thy wife; make her happy by keeping to her and from others; by behaving in a loving, affable, and respectful manner to her; by living comfortably with her, and providing well for her and her children: or reckon her a happiness, a blessing that God has bestowed; or "thy fountain shall be blessed,' as the Targum; that is, with a numerous offspring, which was always reckoned a blessedness, and was generally the happiness of virtuous women, when harlots were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ,.... That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to thee as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by thee as these are by princes and great men F23 "Cervus erat forma praestanti", &c.; Virgil. Aeneid l. 7. , who used to keep them tame, keep them clean, wash, comb them, and adorn them, and play with them; or rather, as these creatures are loving to their mates, let thy love be single, chaste, pure, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman ,.... Or "err with her" F25 "Errares", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "aberrares", Cocceius. ; after all those inconveniences and miseries that follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those advantages of a marriage state set before thee; why wilt thou be, so foolish and mad as to have a fondness for an harlot and dote upon her, and neglect entering into a marriage state, or forsake the wife of youth? and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord ,.... Both good and bad; the ways of a chaste and virtuous man, who cleaves to his own wife and shuns the harlot, which are approved of by the Lord; and the ways of a lewd man, all the impure thoughts, desires, and contrivances of his mind, and all the steps he takes to commit lewdness, and all the filthy actions he is guilty of, these are all open and naked to the omniscient God: the adulterer seeks the twilight, and flatters himself... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself ,.... As in a snare or net, as Gersom observes; in which the adulterer is so entangled that he cannot extricate himself; he may fancy that when he grows old his lusts will be weakened, and he shall be able to get clear of them, and have repentance for them, but he will find himself mistaken; he will become but more and more hardened by them and confirmed in them, and will have neither will nor power to repent of them, and shake off those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction ,.... Into the evil of sin, and the danger he is in, and so without repentance for it; for instruction is the means of repentance, and productive of it when blessed, Jeremiah 31:19 ; but it is but just that those who have hated and rejected it in health and life, that when they come to die should have none given them about the evil of sin, the danger of their state, and the way of salvation; or rather "because of instruction" F26 באין מוסר "eo quod... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5

Farther exhortations to acquire wisdom, Proverbs 5:1 , Proverbs 5:2 . The character of a loose woman, and the ruinous consequences of attachment to such, Proverbs 5:3-14 . Exhortations to chastity and moderation, Proverbs 5:15-21 . The miserable end of the wicked, Proverbs 5:22 , Proverbs 5:23 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5:1

Attend unto my wisdom - Take the following lessons from my own experience. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5:3

The lips of a strange woman - One that is not thy own, whether Jewess or heathen. Drop as a honey-comb - She uses the most deceitful, flattering, and alluring speeches: as the droppings of the honey out of the comb are the sweetest of all. read more

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