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Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon, sprinkling it with sweet-smelling spices.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon, sprinkling it with sweet-smelling spices.
Verse Proverbs 7:17. _I HAVE PERFUMED ANY BED WITH MYRRH_] מר _mor_, "aloes," אהלים _ahalim_, and "cinnamon," קנמון _kinnamon_. We have taken our names from the original words; but probably the _ahal...
The love of perfumes is here, as in Isaiah 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice. CINNAMON - The Hebrew word is identical with the English. The spice imported by the Phoenician traders from the further East...
CHAPTER 7 The entire chapter is a continuation of the strange woman and the warning against her. The Word and the law of the Lord will keep the obedient son from her. If Solomon had obeyed the Word of...
The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. PROVERBS 7:1. General advice to the young man to observe the commandment...
_perfumed_ or _sprinkled_, R.V. marg.; διέῤῥαγκα, LXX.; aspersi, Vulg. No sensual gratification shall be wanting. For a similar perfuming of garments see Psalms 45:8; Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solo...
I HAVE PERFUMED, &C.— _I have sprinkled or bedewed my bed with myrrh, cedar-oil, and juice of cinnamon._...
TEXT Proverbs 7:13-27 13. So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: 14. Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. 15. There...
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. I HAVE PERFUMED MY BED. She appeals to every sense. She allures his taste with meats; his eye with the sight of the richly ornamented tapestr...
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 7 PROVERBS CHAPTER S 7 TO 9 The last, and greatest, of Solomon’s lessons, begins here. Since chapter 1, we have read the words that Solomon t...
נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְ קִנָּמֹֽון׃...
CHAPTER 8 REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING "I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6 THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and picturesqu...
This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman w...
_Aloes. Of Syria, (John xix. 39.) different from ours, Numbers xxxiv. 6. (Calmet)_...
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corne...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
I HAVE PERFUMED MY BED,.... As she had made it entertaining to the senses of seeing and feeling, it being showy and gaudy, soft and easy; so to the sense of smelling; and all to provoke lust, and draw...
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Ver. 17. _With myrrh, aloes, &c._] This might have minded the young man that he was going to his grave; for the bodies of the dead were so perf...
_Therefore came I forth to meet thee_ As not being able to take any pleasure in my feast without thy company; _and I have found thee _ By a happy providence of God complying with my desires, to my gre...
6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Proverbs 7:17 perfumed H5130 (H8804) bed H4904 myrrh H4753 aloes H174 cinnamon H7076 perfumed -...
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SEDUCTION OF THE NAIVE YOUNG MAN BY THE ‘STRANGE WOMAN' (PROVERBS 7:6). This account divides up into three, what the father observes of the naive young man's actions (Pro...
CONTENTS: Warning against all approaches to the sin of adultery. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The Word of God, if used for a defense and armor, will keep one from the strange woman and...
Proverbs 7:1. _Keep my words lay up my commandments._ These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psalm....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 7:13 The woman tries many things to appeal to the young man. She kisses him boldly in public. She flatters him into thinking he is someone special (TO MEET YOU, TO SEEK YOU E...
CRITICAL NOTES. PROVERBS 7:7. SIMPLE, “inexperienced.” PROVERBS 7:8. WENT, “moved leisurely, sauntered.” PROVERBS 7:9. IN THE BLACK AND DARK NIGHT, literally, “in the apple,” or “pupil” of the night...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 7:1 13. _Thirteenth admonitory discourse, _containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an example. In...
He continues his exhortation to the son in chapter 7. Still talking about these women that are the wrong sort. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and li...
Isaiah 57:7; Psalms 45:8; Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:13;...