Proverbs 7:11-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 7:6-23

Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman. Such a story as this would serve the lewd profane poets of our age to make a play of, and the harlot with them would be a heroine; nothing would be so entertaining to the audience, nor give them so much diversion, as her arts of beguiling the young gentleman and drawing in the country squire; her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and stubborn ,.... "Loud"; not that her voice may be heard, and so be found by those that seek her in the dark, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but rather clamorous, noisy, and talkative, when she has got her gallant with her; pouring out foolish and unchaste words to allure and entice him; unless it is to be understood of her bawling and scolding, when within doors, at her husband, in order to get him out, and be rid of him; to whom she is "stubborn" or "rebellious", as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:12

Now is she without ,.... The word for whore is sometimes rendered in the Targum F9 Targ. Onk. in Gen. xxxiv. 31. one that goes abroad, or without her house; sitting or standing at the door of it, in an idle posture, and in order to invite her lovers in; and if she can get none this way, or quickly, grows impatient: she is now in the streets ; takes her walks abroad in the streets of the city, to see who she can light of, to pick up and bring home; and lieth in wait at every... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him ,.... The young man that went near her corner where she was plying, or in the way to her house, where she was sitting, or standing, waiting and watching for such an opportunity, for such a person, as a prey to fasten on; and no sooner she saw him, and come up to him, but, without any ceremony or address, she laid hold upon him, as the word F12 החזיקה בו "apprehendit eum", Pagninus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens. signifies, threw her arms... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 7:14

I have peace offerings with me ,.... Meaning at her house. These peace offerings were of the eucharistic kind; they were offered by way of thanksgiving for favours received; the greatest part of which, all excepting the fat on the kidneys, the rump of the sheep, the breast and right shoulder, which were the priest's, were returned to the offerers to feast upon with their friends, and were to be eaten the same day, Leviticus 7:11 . This she said to show that she was no common strumpet, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and stubborn - המיה homiyah , she is never at rest, always agitated; busily employed to gain her end, and this is to go into the path of error: סררת sorereth , "turning aside;" preferring any way to the right way. And, therefore, it is added, her feet abide not in her house, she gads abroad; and this disposition probably first led her to this vice. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:12

Now is she without - She is continually exposing herself, and showing by her gait and gestures what she is, and what she wants. These two verses are a parenthesis, intended to show the character of the woman. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him - Laid fast hold on him, and kissed him, to show that she was affectionately attached to him. And with an impudent face - פניה העזה heezzah paneyha , "she strengthened her countenance," assumed the most confident look she could; endeavored to appear friendly and sincere. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 7:14

I have peace-offerings with me - More literally, "the sacrifices of the peace-offerings are with me." Peace-offerings Mymlv shelamim, were offerings the spiritual design of which was to make peace between God and man, to make up the breach between them which sin had occasioned; see the notes on Leviticus 7 (note), where every kind of sacrifice offered under the law is explained. When the blood of these was poured out at the altar, and the fat burnt there, the breast and right shoulder were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 7:1-27

13. Thirteenth admonitory discourse, containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an example. In this chapter and the following a contrast is drawn between the adulteress and Wisdom. read more

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