Proverbs 5:1-6:35

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 5:1

CONTENTS We have in this Chapter, and in a similar strain, to the former chapter, an exhortation to the study of Wisdom: and both the blessed effects of that study and the sad consequences of the neglect of it, are strikingly set forth. Proverbs 5:1-6 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5:1-14

1-14 Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins. Often these have been, and still are, Satan's method of drawing men from the worship of God into false religion. Consider how fatal the consequences; how bitter the fruit! Take it any way, it wounds. It leads to the torments... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 5:1-14

Warning against Wantonness v. 1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, giving heed to its precepts, and bow thine ear, in the attitude of the most careful listening, to my understanding, both the possession of knowledge and the proper exercise of discrimination in applying it to the various situations of life being urged, v. 2. that thou mayest regard discretion, the reflection and consideration needed for circumspect behavior, and that thy lips may keep knowledge, preserving its instructions... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 5:1-23

8. Warning against intercourse with wanton women, and against the ruinous consequences of licentiousnessProverbs 5:1-231 My son, give heed to my wisdom,to my prudence incline thine ear,2 so that thou maintain discretion,and thy lips preserve knowledge.3 For the lips of the strange woman distil honey,and smoother than oil is her mouth:4 but at last she is bitter as wormwood,sharp as a two-edged sword.5 Her feet go down to death,her steps lay hold upon the lower... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-14

Quicksands! Keep Off! Proverbs 5:1-14 It is a matter for great thankfulness that the Bible, which is God’s book rather than man’s, deals so strongly and wisely with one great evil, which has manifested itself in every age and in every state of society. It speaks boldly and plainly; and all who will meditate on its teaching with a prayerful heart, will be saved from many a painful snare. If we fall it will only be due to our having refused to heed the voice that speaks to us from paragraphs... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:1-23

This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural temptations likely to assail the life of the young, and sets it in the light of true wisdom, which begins in the fear of Jehovah and expresses itself in perpetual recognition of Him. The allurement of the strange woman is vividly described, but it is put into immediate contrast with the issue of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5:1-14

The Need To Listen To Solomon’s Wisdom And Not To Be Enticed By The Words Of The Strange Woman Which Lead To Death And Slavery (Proverbs 5:1-14 ). The constant reference to the need to avoid the enticements of the strange woman suggests that it was a major problem in the time of the writer (see Proverbs 2:16-19; Proverbs 5:3-14; Proverbs 6:24-26; Proverbs 7:5-27; Proverbs 9:13-18), and this fits well with the time of Solomon, for we should note that there is no suggestion of cult prostitutes,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 5:1-23

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 5:1-23

Proverbs 5:1-Isaiah : . The first discourse against sexual vice, and exhortation to purity and conjugal fidelity ( cf. Proverbs 6:24-Habakkuk :, Proverbs 7, Proverbs 9:13-Job :). A comparison of the later codes ( e.g. Leviticus 18, 20, H) with the earlier, shows the increasing stress laid on sexual purity, and increasing prevalence of adultery. Proverbs 5:3-Joshua : . Description of the strange woman ( Proverbs 2:16 *). Proverbs 5:4 . wormwood ( Amos 5:7, Jeremiah 9:15): a bitter and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-20

ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures those gazelles are, and how gracefully they bound. We shall meet them all through Syria and Palestine, and the more you see of them the greater will be your admiration. Solomon is not alone in his partiality. Persian and Arab poets abound in reference to them. The fair ones of these fervid sons of song are often compared to the coy gazelle that comes by... read more

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