Proverbs 2:16-22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:18

For her house inclineth unto death - It is generally in by and secret places that such women establish themselves. They go out of the high road to get a residence; and every step that is taken towards their house is a step towards death. The path of sin is the path of ruin: the path of duty is the way of safety. For her paths incline unto the dead, רפאים repheim , the inhabitants of the invisible world. The woman who abandons herself to prostitution soon contracts, and generally... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:19

None that go unto her return again - There are very few instances of prostitutes ever returning to the paths of sobriety and truth; perhaps not one of such as become prostitutes through a natural propensity to debauchery. Among those who have been deceived, debauched, and abandoned, many have been reclaimed; and to such alone penitentiaries may be useful; to the others they may only be incentives to farther sinning. Rakes and debauchees are sometimes converted: but most of them never lay... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:20

That thou mayest mark - Therefore thou shalt walk. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:22

Transgressors - בוגדים bogedim . The garment men, the hypocrites; those who act borrowed characters, who go under a eloak; dissemblers. All such shall be rooted out of the land; they shall not be blessed with posterity. In general it is so: and were it not so, one evil offspring succeeding another, adding their own to their predecessors' vices, the earth would become so exceedingly corrupt that a second flood, or a fire, would be necessary to purge it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:1-22

3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. This discourse divides itself into three parts. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:10-19

Statement of the advantages which result from the possession of Wisdom, and specially as a safeguard against evil men ( Proverbs 2:12-15 ) and evil women ( Proverbs 2:16-19 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:10-22

The profit of religious knowledge It is preservative amidst the influences of evil example and of sensuous solicitation. I. THE WAY IN WHICH IT ACTS AS A PRESERVATIVE . 1 . By taking up a central place in the consciousness. "When wisdom enters thy heart, and knowledge is dear to thy soul." Not as a stranger or mere guest, but a beloved and confidential intimate. The heart denotes here, as elsewhere, "the centre and organic basis of the collective life of the soul,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman. This is the second form of temptation against which wisdom (discretion) is a preservative, and the great and especial dangers arising from it to youth, owing to its seductive allurements, afford the reason why the teacher is so strong in his warnings on this subject. Two terms are employed to designate the source of this evil—"the strange woman" ( אִשָה זָרָה , ishshah zara ) , and "the stranger" ( נָכְרִיָה , nok'riyah ) — and both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:16-19

The way of sin: a sermon to young men Reference is made here to one particular sin. While the words of the teacher are specially appropriate to it, they will also apply to all sin; they show the way it takes. Let us see— I. THAT SIN IS THE CONTRADICTION OF THE DIVINE THOUGHT . It is a "strange" thing ( Proverbs 2:16 ). The painted harlot is "the strange woman." And while the prostitution of a human being, meant to be a helpmeet for man in all his highest and holiest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:17

The guide of her youth ( נְעוּרֶיהָ אַלּוּף , alluph n'ureyah ); properly, the associate or companion of her youth. The Hebrew, אָלּוּף ( alluph ) , being derived from the root אָלַף , ( alaph ) , "to accustom one's self to," or "to be accustomed to" or "familiar with" anyone. The word is rendered as "friend" in Proverbs 17:9 ; Proverbs 16:28 ; Micah 7:5 . The idea of guidance, which is adopted in the Authorized Version, and appears also in the Vulgate ... read more

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