Proverbs 7:6

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 7:6-23

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:6

Lattice. No glass was used, on account of the great heat. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:6-27

6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of self-ruined sinners began in disregard to God's... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 7:1-27

Condemnation of Fornication and Adultery. On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock, affecting not only the sinners themselves, but the entire social body, Solomon continues his warning in this entire chapter in a very concrete and effective manner, the subject being introduced with the usual impressive admonitions to heed and follow true wisdom. v. 1. My son, keep my words, observing his sayings, ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

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

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:6-7

SIMPLETONS ATTRACT SEDUCERS‘At the window of my house I looked through my casement, and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.’ Proverbs 7:6-Judges : From Solomon’s observation we learn:—‘It was “in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night” that Solomon witnessed those scenes from his palace window that almost brought a blush to his cheek. As darkness settles down upon the city, vice creeps forth from her lurking-place,... 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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:6-23

A Detailed Description Of The Seduction Of The Naive Young Man By The ‘Strange Woman’ (Proverbs 7:6-23 ). This account divides up into three, what the father observes of the naive young man’s actions (Proverbs 7:6-13), what the strange woman says to the naive young man (Proverbs 7:14-20), and the resulting response of the young man (Proverbs 7:21-23). It is presented chiastically: A For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice, and I beheld among the naive ones, I... 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