Proverbs 5:12-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-14

Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Prov. 5:1, 2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God's name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord. ?Attend, and bow thy ear; not only hear what is said, and read what is written, but apply thy mind to it and consider it... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:15-23

Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them. I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of lawful marriage, which was ordained for the prevention of uncleanness, and therefore ought to be made use of in time, lest it should not prove effectual for the cure of that which it might have prevented. Let none complain that God has dealt unkindly with them in forbidding them those pleasures... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:12

And say, how have I hated instruction ,.... To live virtuously, and avoid the adulterous woman; this he says, as wondering at his stupidity, folly, and madness, that he should hate and abhor that which was so much his interest to have observed. Gersom interprets it of the instruction of the law; but it is much better to understand it of the instruction of the Gospel; which the carnal mind of man is enmity unto, and which they are so stupid as to abhor; when it is of so much usefulness to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:13

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers ,.... Parents, tutors, masters, and ministers of the word; neither regarded the advice of parents, nor the instructions of tutors, nor the commands of masters, nor the sermons of ministers: these are all lost on some persons; they are proof against them all; these make no impressions upon them, and are of no use to them; nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me ! or to my masters, as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; turned away... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:14

I was almost in all evil ,.... Scarce a sin but he was guilty of; contempt of private and public instructions, the instructions of parents and ministers of the Gospel, and following lewd women, commonly lead to the commission of all other sins, even the most atrocious. Some understand this, not of the evil of sin, but of the evil of punishment; and that the sense is, that there is scarce any calamity, distress, or misery, that a man can be in, but his profaneness and lewdness had brought him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:15

Drink waters out of thine own cistern ,.... Arguments being used to dissuade from conversation with an adulterous woman, taken from the disgrace, diseases, poverty, and distress of mind on reflection, it brings a man to; the wise man proceeds to direct to marriage, as a proper antidote against it: take a wife and cleave to her, and enjoy all the pleasures and comforts of a marriage state. As every man formerly had his own cistern for the reception of water for his own use, 2 Kings 18:31 ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:16

Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad ,.... Or "shall abound", as the Targum; that is, streams of water from fountains; which Aben Ezra interprets of a multitude of children, namely, that are lawfully begotten: the "fountains" are the man and his wife in lawful marriage; the streams are their offspring lawfully procreated by them; which may be said to be "dispersed abroad", when being grown up they are disposed of in marriage in other families, and so become fountains to others, and public... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:17

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. Or "they shall be thine own" F21 יהיו לך "erunt tui", Mercerus, Cocceius; "erunt tibi", Baynus; "existent tibi", Schultens. , as the Targum; meaning not the cistern, the well, or the wife, but the fountains and rivers, or the children; by a man's cleaving to his own wife, who is a chaste and virtuous woman, he is satisfied that the children he has by her are his own, and not another's; whereas if he has to do with a common... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed ,.... Thy wife; make her happy by keeping to her and from others; by behaving in a loving, affable, and respectful manner to her; by living comfortably with her, and providing well for her and her children: or reckon her a happiness, a blessing that God has bestowed; or "thy fountain shall be blessed,' as the Targum; that is, with a numerous offspring, which was always reckoned a blessedness, and was generally the happiness of virtuous women, when harlots were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe ,.... That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to thee as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by thee as these are by princes and great men F23 "Cervus erat forma praestanti", &c.; Virgil. Aeneid l. 7. , who used to keep them tame, keep them clean, wash, comb them, and adorn them, and play with them; or rather, as these creatures are loving to their mates, let thy love be single, chaste, pure, and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 5:15-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:19

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