Proverbs 7:4

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 7:1-27

13. New admonition to chastity, with a reference to the warning example of a youth led astray by a harlotProverbs 7:1-271 My son, keep my words,and treasure up my commandments with thee.2 Keep my commandments and thou shalt live—and my instruction as the apple of thine eye.3 Bind them to thy fingers,write them on the tablet of thine heart.4 Say to wisdom “Thou art my sister!”and call understanding “acquaintance,”5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman,from the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27

This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman whom Solomon saw is still in our cities, and, alas, so is the youth void of understanding. The address closes with words of burning which tell the issue. The deceived youth passes to the place of slaughter like an ox, till physical nemesis overtakes him. Like a bird hasting to a snare, without... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:1-5

An Appeal To ‘My Son’ To Observe His Words And His Commandments And To Take Wisdom And Understanding As His Close Female Relatives, So As To Be Protected From The Foreign Woman (Proverbs 7:1-5 ). This appeal follows the pattern of earlier appeals. For the combination of ‘words’ and ‘commandments’ compare Proverbs 2:1; for the combination of ‘commandments’ and ‘torah (law)’ compare Proverbs 3:1, and see Proverbs 6:20; for the combination of wisdom and understanding compare Proverbs 2:2;... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:1-27

Prologue To The Book (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings’ that would follow. Those sayings would then be introduced by a subheading. Proverbs thus follows the usual precedent in having such a prologue in Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18, followed by general sayings in Proverbs 10:1 ff headed by a subheading (Proverbs 10:1). It was also common for such a... read more

Arthur Peake

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

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 7:4

When other foolish young men seek wanton mistresses, whom they frequently call sisters or kinswomen, let wisdom be thy mistress; acquaint and delight thyself with her, and let her have the command of thy heart, and the conduct of thy life. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-4

CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 7:2. Apple of the eye, the “pupil,” literally the “little man” of the eye, referring to the reflected image of a man seen in that organ. Proverbs 7:3. Bind them “refers to rings with large signets, upon which maxims were inscribed” (Stuart). Proverbs 7:4. Kinswoman, rather, “an acquaintance, a familiar friend.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH—Proverbs 7:1-4THE SOURCE OF TRUE LIFE, ETCI. The true life of man depends upon his relation to the Word of God. “Keep my... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Proverbs 7:1-4

DISCOURSE: 768LOVE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES INCULCATEDProverbs 7:1-4. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto Wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call Understanding thy kinswoman.THROUGHOUT the book of Proverbs, we are strongly reminded of that expression of Paul to Philemon, “Though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

Chapter 7He continues his exhortation to the son in chapter 7. Still talking about these women that are the wrong sort.My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the pupil of your eye. Bind them upon your fingers, write them on the table of your heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the stranger who flatters with her words (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 7:1-27

Proverbs 7:1 . Keep my words lay up my commandments. These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psalm. Proverbs 7:2 . Keep my law, as the apple of thine eye; a most precious, beautiful, and tender sense. The idea is often repeated, as in Deuteronomy 32:10. Psalms 17:8. Proverbs 7:3 . Bind them upon thy fingers, as the phylacteries. Deuteronomy 6:8. Love them, have them always at hand,... read more