proverbs-5:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:4

The contrast is drawn with great vividness between the professions of the "strange woman" and the disastrous consequences which overtake those who listen to her enticements. She promises enjoyment, pleasure, freedom from danger, but her end is bitter as wormwood. "Her end," not merely with reference to herself, which may be and is undoubtedly true, but the last of her as experienced by those who have intercourse with her—her character as it stands revealed at the last. So it is said of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:5

Proverbs 5:5 and Proverbs 5:6 continue the description of the harlot. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell . She leads her victims to ruin. She hastens to death and the grove, and so do all those who listen to her. In all instances where the teacher speaks of the harlot at length he gives the same description of her (cf. Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 7:27 ; Proverbs 9:18 ). An intensifying of the language is observable in the second hemistich. The descending progress... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them. This verse should be rather rendered, she walks not in the path of life, her ways fiuctuate, she knows not. It consists of a series of independent proposiyions or statements, all of which are descriptive of the singularly fatuous conduct of "the strange woman." In the previous verse the teacher has said that her conduct leads to ruin; he here further emphasizes the idea by putting forward the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:7

The subject of which the teacher is heating demands the utmost attention of youth. Enough, it might be supposed, had been said to deter from intercourse with the "strange woman." She has been portrayed in her real colours, plunging recklessly into ruin herself, and carrying her victims with her; deceitful, full of intrigues, neither walking in nor knowing the way of life. But the warning is amplified and made more impressive. There is another side of the picture, the complete bodily and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:7-14

The ruinous consequences of indulgence in illicit pleasures. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:1-2

Proverbs 5:1-2. My son, attend unto my wisdom “There being nothing,” says Bishop Patrick, “to which youth is so prone as to give up themselves to satisfy their fleshly desires, and nothing proving so pernicious to them; the wise man gives a new caution against those impure lusts which he had taken notice of before: (Proverbs 2:16-19,) as great obstructions to wisdom; and, with repeated entreaties, begs attention to so weighty an argument: which here he prosecutes more largely, and presses... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:3-6

Proverbs 5:3-6. For the lips of a strange woman, &c. It concerns thee to get and to use discretion, that thou mayest be able to resist those manifold temptations to which thou art exposed; drop as a honeycomb Her words and discourses are sweet, pleasing, and prevalent. But her end is bitter as wormwood Her design, and the effect of that lewdness to which she entices men, are the sinner’s destruction. So that the beginning of this intercourse is not so sweet as the conclusion is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

Temptations to sexual immorality (5:1-23)Strong warning is given to beware of the prostitute and the temptations she offers. (The frequency of this warning in Proverbs indicates that prostitution must have been a widespread social evil at the time.) The pleasure that the prostitute brings is shortlived, but the bitterness that follows is lasting. It leads eventually to death (5:1-6).A man must flee the temptations offered by such immoral company, otherwise he may finish a physical and moral... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:1

My son. See note on Proverbs 1:8 . understanding =. discernment. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:2

regard discretion, &c. Hebrew infinitive = to guard deep counsels and knowledge. Let them mount guard over thy lips. Compare James 3:8 , "the tongue can no man tame". read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 5:7-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:1-2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 5:3-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:2

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