proverbs-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:7

And beheld among the simple ones. Though it was night ( Proverbs 7:9 ), there was light enough from moon or stars or from illuminated houses to show what was passing. "The simple" are the inexperienced, who are easily led astray (see on Proverbs 1:4 ). Looking forth into the street on the throng of young and thoughtless persons passing to and fro, among them I discerned … a young man void of understanding; a fool, who, without any deliberate intention of sinning, put himself in the way... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:8

Near her corner. He kept near the corner of the house of the woman for whom he waited. Another reading gives, "near a corner;" juxta angulum. Vulgate; παρὰ γωνίαν , Septuagint; i.e. he did not take to the broad, open street, but sneaked about at corners, whence he could watch the woman's house without being observed by others. He went the way to her house. He sauntered slowly along, as the verb signifes. Septuagint, "Passing by a corner in the passages of her house ( ἐν... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:9

In the twilight, in the evening of the day. So termed to distinguish it from the morning twilight. The moralist sees the youth pacing to and fro in the early evening hours, and still watching and waiting when the darkness was deepest (comp. Job 24:15 ). In the black and dark night; literally, in the pupil of the eye of night and in darkness. We have the same expression in Proverbs 20:20 (where see note) to denote midnight. Its appropriateness is derived from the fact that the pupil... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:10

And, behold, there met him a woman. His long watch is rewarded; the woman comes forth from her house into the street—a proceeding which would at once show what she was, especially in the East, where females are kept secluded, and never appear at night or unattended. With the attire of an harlot. There is no "with" in the original, "woman" and "attire" being in apposition: "There met him a woman, a harlot's dress" ( shith, Psalms 73:6 ); her attire catches the eye at once, and identifies... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11

She is loud; boisterous, clamorous, as Proverbs 9:13 . The description applies to a brute beast at certain periods. Stubborn; ungovernable, like an animal that will not bear the yoke ( Hosea 4:16 ). Vulgate, garrula et vaga, "talkative and unsettled;" Septuagint, ἀνεπτερωμένη καὶ ἄσωτος , "flighty and debauched." Her feet abide not in her house. She is the opposite of the careful, modest housewife, who stays at home and manages her family affairs ( Titus 2:5 ). The Vulgate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11-12

Proverbs 7:11 and Proverbs 7:12 describe the character and habits of this woman, not as she appeared on this occasion, but as she is known to the writer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:12

Now is she without, now in the streets. At one moment outside her own door, at another in the open street. Septuagint: "At one time she roams without ( ἔξω ῥέμβεται )." The woman is represented not as a common prostitute, but as a licentious wife, who, in her unbridled lustfulness, acts the part of a harlot. Lieth in wait at every corner; seeking to entice some victim. Then the narrative proceeds; the writer returns to what he beheld on the occasion to which he refers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him and kissed him; being utterly lost to shame, like Potiphar's wife ( Genesis 39:12 ). With an impudent face said; literally, strengthened her face and said ; put on a bold and brazen look to suit, the licentious words which she spoke. Wordsworth quotes the delineation of the "strange woman" drawn by St. Ambrose ('De Cain. et Abel.,' 1.4): " Domi inquieta, in plateis vaga, osculis prodiga, pudore villis, amictu dives, genas picta; meretricio procax motu, infracto per... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:14

I have peace offerings with me. Shelamim, "peace or thank offerings," were divided between Jehovah, the priests, and the offerer. Part of the appointed victim was consumed by fire; the breast and right shoulder were allotted to the priests; and the rest of the animal belonged to the person who made the offering, who was to eat it with his household on the same day as a solemn ceremonial feast ( Leviticus 3:1-17 ; Leviticus 7:1-38 ). The adulteress says that certain offerings were due... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:15

Therefore came I forth to meet thee. As though she would invite the youth to a pious rite, she speaks; she uses religion as a pretext for her proceedings, trying to blind his conscience and to gratify his vanity. Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee (see on Proverbs 1:28 ). She tries to persuade her dupe that he is the very lover for whom she was looking, whereas she was ready to take the first that offered. Spiritual writers see in this adulteress a type of the mystery of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:7

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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:15

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